The shop is run by Dean Orton who acquired his first scooter at the age of 14, following on his Fathers footsteps, who was also an avid Lambretta builder during the 1970's.
He has had several scooters featured in 'Scootering Magazine'over the years and still regularly writes articles for the same. Dean attended a lot of Mod rallies in the UK and abroad from '84 up until his move to Italy in July '92. As with everyone else involved with ‘RLC’, Dean uses his scooters daily for both work, pleasure and scooter rally use.

Marco "de Roma" Pennesi makes sure all runs sweetly on the workshop side of things. Marco is 101% Mod through and through and this Mod attention to detail means that you can rest easy when he’s working on your scooter, ensuring that the job will always be above and beyond expectations.

He uses his scooters all year round and clocks up a lot of miles during the year due to his fetish for long distance travelling. This measns that he is able to test all products we sell and use for resto's first hand, thus ensuring that the quality you expect from 'RLC' is guaranteed.

Marco’s right hand man is our latest addition to the team, young 'Micky Boy' Carlini who has now fully immersed himself totally into the world of Lambrettas, hook, line, sinker and copy of Angling Times. His enthusiasm is unbelievable and coupled with his OCD way of working, means he is now an invaluable asset to ‘RLC’. Micky Boy is also 'RLC's speed king and his tuning abilities mean that his knowledge comes into great use when setting up our engines.

When the going gets really tough, we also have long time ‘RLC’ stalwarts Top Thomas and Mikey the Bikey to call upon. Both have invaluable experience on Lambretta's and both with enthusiasm by the bucket full.

The idea to open a specialist Lambretta shop came about in '94 due to the fact that at the time in Italy there were absolutely no dealers interested in post - '57 Lambretta's. The first shop was opened just North of Rimini in '95 (originally called 'Adriatica Lambretta') and quickly got itself a reputation for top - level restorations. A partnership shuffle and name change to 'Rimini Lambretta Centre' later and the shop relocated to it's present location situated in the hills overlooking Rimini.