RLC Gallery

Gallery This is just a small selection of scooters that have had the 'Rimini Lambretta Centre' treatment. We are always adding more so be sure to check back to feast your eyes on some more examples of our work.

Model ; 1965 Lambretta TV200 Engine ; 200cc, original K.C. exhaust, standard 6 Volt ignition, TV200 gearbox, Borgo 200cc piston, TV200 head, TV200 crank...i.e. everything exactly as it came out of the factory. Colours ; New White 8059 Details ; This is without doubt the most 'in depth' restoration we've ever undertaken. The owner, Colin R., wanted a totally original spec TV200 with every nut, bolt and washer as per original, right down to the forged numbers on the bolt heads, bolt lenghts, washer sizes and type etc. and all fasteners were either zinced or blackened - as it was out of the question to use stainless steel. It took about double the time of a 'normal' resto' and it was a real case study for us. The initial scooter had been badly damaged and took nearly a day to sort out in our frame jig, until it was millimetre perfect. We used more NOS parts to build this scooter than we can list and the end result showed as they really are miles better than any remade parts on the market. The only non Innocenti parts on the scooter are an original NOS Ken Cobbing reverse cone exhaust and a pair of NOS Super 'Star Series' S3 fork boot covers. A couple of tasteful additions that enhance, rather than ruin, the lines of this classic scooter. Colin picked up the scooter on the evening before the 2008 Italian Isle of Elba rally and took it down there for use and abuse. All the hard work paid off and the scooter picked up the coverted 'Best Restored Lambretta' trophy. Sorted...

Model ; Lambretta TV175 Series 2 Engine ; 60's 'Ancillotti' 195cc Dykes ring piston conversion, 26mm Mk.1 Amal carb & finned manifold, 42mm large bore reverse cone twin pipe 'Outrigger' exhaust, 60's 180W Ducati 12 volt points system. Colours ; Original light blue amd metallic black internals. Details ; This is Mr. Tolley's latest creation and as usual he knew what he wanted from the outset, right down to the last nut and bolt. The scooter was imported from Belgium but judging by the condition, had been sat in 2 feet of water for the last 40 years. Nevertherless, it was straight and a sound basis for a resto'. The main bike colour is standard with the addition of metallic black internals and ribbed wheel rims. The engine was treated to some original 60's performance parts and we then set about creating the mental exhaust to Mr. T's instructions. The scooter is designed to be used without sidepanels but it was important that panels could be fitted, if so desired. This is not normally a problem with a 'normal' scooter but on this Lambretta, it meant that we had to fabricate all the exhaust bracketry so that there was no possibility that 'Big' Nick could end up smacking the bottoms of the panels on all the stainless bars if one had had one curry too many. This achieved, all the various parts went off to S&T Chromers in Bristol for them to work their usual magic. The scooter looks clean & simple enough but when it's parked up on the green outside the King Ludd, give it a thorough once over to check out all the intricate 'one off' parts on the Lambretta. As they say, the devil's in the detail.

Model ; Lambretta Special 125 Ancillotti racer Engine ; Full 'Ancillotti' original kit: barrel, piston, 4 bolt fixing manifold & large bore exhaust, chromed crank, aluminium based seat, Dell'Orto SSI 30 carb, Jaeger mechanical rev counter. Colours ; Ancillotti yellow and black Details ; This was a shop project that came about after we had a little clean up in the stores and noticed that we had a whole host of original Ancillotti goodies that were just crying out to put onto a scooter. The scooter itself originated from Firenze, where Ancillotti were based and was then restored in house in the original Ancillotti yellow. The full engine spec is listed above and that's where the magic is but even things like the seat and rev counter are worth taking note of. Ancillotti was not the biggest 'spender' in the Universe and even his own bike club made a friendly joke of this by inserting the US Dollar sign into their club logo. We did the panels to match an original one we had found years ago and once completed, the scooter went down to Florence for the two Ancillotti brothers to give it their seal of approval. This they did, and they signed the scooters' sidepanels as a fantastic finishing touch.

Model ; Lambretta DL 200 Engine ; standard 200cc. Colours ; Yellow ochre Details ; this scooter was an import from Portugal where it was owned by a bank and had been sat unused for a long period before Andy gave it to us to restore. His project was to have a full spec original resto, being the only difference having the engine casings acid dipped and the use of stainless steel nuts and bolts. The scooter itself was fairly straight we had to change a few body parts and it was sorted.

Model ; Lambretta TV175 Series 3 Engine ; standard 175cc, 42mm ‘Clubman’ exhaust, 12V electronic ignition. Colours ; New White 8059 main colour with Mini metallic Blue & Metallic Black body parts Details ; This scooter is nothing too OTT : just a great looking, scooter with clean lines enhanced by the stunning three- tone paintwork. It's a Lambretta we built up to sell on and the paintwork scheme makes all the difference compared to a standard white TV3. Paintwork aside, the only mods we carried out were the addition of an electronic igntion and a pair of rear mounted Lucas lights added to the legshields which were wired via a modified LI type light switch.

Scooter model ; 1970 Innocenti Lambretta GP200 Owner ; Ross Brawn Country ; Italy / UK Engine ; ported 200cc barrel, 12 volt electronic ignition system with battery, 22mm Dell’Orto, Innocenti stamped 40mm reverse cone exhaust, 100% acid dipped & polished casings, stainless fasteners all round. Paintwork ; Ferrari Silverstone Grey & Burgundy. Details ; This is the second Lambretta we have sorted out for Ross. After his last GT kitted TV175 Series 3, Ross decided on a GP200 this time around. The scooter came to us, to be restored, via a different customer who promptly cancelled the order due to personal problems and then offered to sell us his GP. We didn’t need asking twice and we used the scooter as the basis for Ross’ resto’ project. The scooter is an original English- sold GP200 and has it’s original engine casing. The restoration itself has been reasonably straightforward with Ross choosing the colours and us designing the layout, with his end approval. The ‘Electronic’ seat recovered at the Ferrari factory in the same leather they use for the cars. Probably the hardest part of the whole show was finding original GP cylinder & flywheel cowlings that were good enough to chrome! The end result is a clean, sharp looking scooter with just the right amount of chrome parts to set of the classy paintwork colours.

Scooter model : Lambretta TV200 Engine ; standard Innocenti top end with Borgo piston, 12 volt points system, 20mm Dell'Orto carb, SX200 gearing ( to help it pull the weight on the front ), engine casings acid dipped and polished, stainless fasteners all round, 50mm reverse cone Clover ended Ken Kobbing exhaust. Paintwork : New White 8059 with metallic black & orange flashes Details : This is the second TV200 we've done for Mr. Tolley and as ever, his attention to detail ensured it took a marathon effort to get it to the standard you see before you. The scooter has a whole load of one-off parts made by our in house engineer, Fabrizio. These included stainless brackets for the 'Poli' horns sat under the legshields, getting all the accessories adjusted so Mr. T was happy, the 50mm K.K. box, brackets for the racks, and so on. Whilst the base resto' itself was faily straight forwards, all the accessories were a right headache. Things like having the legshields fitted internally with flushed bolts for the original legshield toolbox, ensuring EVERY screw, bolt, washer had no protruding threads once done up and then mirror polishing every single one, sorting out the seat, cutting & adjusting the front crashbars to make sure that they sat perfectly flush with the legshields at all their mounting points. etc. etc. The accessories are what makes the bike and Nick knew what he wanted. Between him and the shop we located all the right parts. Anybody who thinks it's the easy option "simply bolting accessories" to a scooter really is talking shite. EVERY single accessory can be a major 'mare and getting the layout right can take forever. No point slinging it all on and hoping it'll look good because you'll end up in tears. Nicks front rack took the best part of three days work to layout, then strip, polish up, re-mount, wire up and connect. As Mr. T. himself says, "you can't buy style - either you've got it or you haven't."

Scooter model : Lambretta LI 150 Series 1 Olympic Model No. 26 Engine : ; 100% standard, 6 volt electrical system, Innocenti pipe. Paintwork : as supplied by Innocenti for the 1960 Rome Olympics Details : Innocenti supplied 80 Lambretta Series 2 LI150’s for the 1960 Olympic games held in Rome and there are now only 3 left in existence – one of which you see before you ( this being number 26 ). We acquired the scooter and then stripped it down 101% to clean it up for a complete ‘conserved restoration’. All the bodywork parts were cleaned and polished up and only a few parts were ‘blown over’ (using cellulose paint in the correct colour) - and only where there was no longer any paint. As there is NO way this scooter could be restored in the ‘normal’ sense, we just replaced all the perished rubber parts and trims, and rebuilt the scooter as Innocenti did – and that meant ‘blackened’ washers all round, zinc fasterners and grease nipples fitted to the control cables. The engine (obviously original to this scooter) was totally overhauled with all new internals fitted throughout. What we have here is without doubt one of the rarest Lambrettas in the world without question. You can have a nice TV200 or even an open frame racer but there’ll always be others just the same. Top American collector Robbie Morelli bought it - unique piece of Lambretta history from us and it now resides in his personal collection Stateside.

Scooter model : Lambretta TV175 Series 1 Engine : ; 100% standard, 6 volt electrical system, Innocenti pipe. Paintwork : ‘Ivory’ Details : This scooter was a present from the Dutch Lambretta Club President, Frans Hollander to our Paolo several years ago. The scooter was stripped but mostly there, along with a few NOS bits Frans thought would be of use for the resto'. Paolo stripped the whole show and then set about the rebuild on his own as everyone else in the shop would have nothing to do with it! After many patient hours and minimal help from the rest of us, Paolo had her up on her wheels and two kicks later, she fired up and sat there purring away. Cheshire grins all round then. Although we've had a dozen or so TV1's pass though the shop over the last 10 years, consider that this was the first time Paolo has worked on a TV1 ( which are ignorant to say the least) and he got it bang on right from the start. The scooter has now clocked up a lot of miles and all is tickety boo with this over-engineered moped. It's a delight to ride and smooth does not even begin to describe the experience. The seat was Paolo's choice form the start as he wanted to do a 50's style racer although shortly it'll be fitted with a std seat and a couple of original accessories. Nice

Scooter model : Lambretta TV200 Engine : ; 100% standard, 6 volt electrical system, Innocenti pipe. Paintwork : ‘New White’ with two sets of panels ( one pair in red , one pair in white ) Details : This is probably the worst scooter we’ve ever had to restore as it was a complete heap of shite at the beginning. After sitting in a London scrapyard for untld years, it presented it self as a right challenge - even just to strip it of the few remaining parts. The few parts on the bike ( toolbox, rear mudguard etc. ) actually came away by hand they were so rotten. The only part left of the front legshields was the small part where they clamp around the front fork tube fixing. Despite the outwardly awful appearance of the scooter, when we fitted it in our frame jig, lo and behold, the frame was as straight as a dye. Things must be looking up…An exceptionally straight donor bike was found for all the bodywork and after untold hours work, the end result is what you see on these site pages. Nick is a real perfectionist and knows 101% what he wants so requested that the bike was as original as possible, with his usual hawk- like attention to detail, right down to things like ‘Innocenti’ marked rims, ‘Michelin ACS’ tyres, ‘Carello’ lighting units and original NOS switches and locks etc. This paid off as last weekend at the Peanut Duck custom show in the UK, as Nick’s RLC restored TV200 won the two most coverted prizes for ‘Best Classic in Show’ and ‘Best Restored in Show’. Actions speak louder than words……

Scooter model : Lambretta TV 175 Series 2 ( 1st type ) Engine : Standard SX200, 12V electronic ignition, std. 20mm carb, AF Clubman 42mm pipe, RLC 100% polished engine casings, AF race crank. Paintwork : RLC Details : Ergo had used this bike as his ‘battle bike’ for several years and done untold scooter and bike rallies / trips all over Europe - including various ‘jolly boys outings’ into the deep depths of the old Eastern Block countries like Romania, Ukraine and Hungary. With asl these miles under his belt, the scooter was looking well knackered so after the last trip to the mid Winter ‘Elefant Treffen’ biker rally in Germany, he promised the scooter that if it bought him home safe and sound he’d have it fully restored. The scooter performed faultlessly and as promised, he gave us at RLC the job of restoring the scooter to it’s former glory. He’s changed the engine some time previously to a standard SX200 lump and requested that this motor was retained for the resto’.

Scooter model : Lambretta SX200 Engine : Stage 4 tuned, 22mm Dell’Orto carb., 42mm AF Clubman, electronic ignition, standard gearing, 100% acid dipped & polished motor casings. Paintwork : Bianco Nuovo / New White ‘8059’ with metallic red panel flashes done through RLC. Details : Original Ancillotti seat, modified by RLC, chromed cowlings, twin Lucas lamps fitted to shields, original inside legshield wheel carrier, original ‘Falbo’ footboard extensions. date completed : January 2004 What other scooters do you own? : ; run around restored J50 / 125, restored series 2 LI125, restored series 3 LI125, the ‘Pidgeon’ Special 200 battle bike & another street style SX200

Scooter model : Lambretta SX200 No.’310’ Engine : Stage 4 tuned, 22mm Dell’Orto carb., 42mm AF Clubman, electronic ignition, standard gearing, 100% acid dipped & polished motor casings. Paintwork : Bianco Nuovo / New White ‘8059’ with metallic green panel flashes done through RLC. Details: Extra twin tone snail horns ( from ‘Gran Sport Scooters’ in Birmingham, GB. tel ; 0121 773 0706 ) mounted on stainless brackets under the front of the shields, chromed cowlings, ACS tyres, RLC modified slopeback seat, twin Lucas lamps fitted to shields, inside legshield toolbox., original Falbo footboard extensions. ( note ; the pics were taken without the kickstart as it was being chromed ! ) Details : June 2002