Not much to start with
but a frame is the base for a Lambretta. I bought the bike last year it
was in a real sorry state, legshields were rot as it was left abandoned
in the shed. Fortunately I had a spare mint set of legshields and to my
surprise the engine still had its first piston, size 66.0 Borgo. Oh it
hardly came off of course, but all the rest of the engine was in very good
condition, and had probably done not much kms in its life. So I stripped
it all and Dean offered me one of his original Watsonian sidecars, as he
saw my son who is 3 and 1/2 years enjoyed very much going in his Lambretta
combination with his daughter. What a pair of terrors! Anyway after having
a go on his bike I decided to go with it as it's a riding really different
and I like it very much. The frame is shown in his shop, because had to
be slightly modified in the brake pedal area to host the sidecar arm.
At the moment I'm writing,
the whole bike has been to be sandblasted, and within a week or two will
be sprayed, while the engine case has been acid dipped and I'm actually
rebuilding it using the standard barrell bored out to 66.6 with a NOS Borgo
piston, GP crankshaft, old type Ducati AF 12v electronic ignition and original
electronic flywheel, LI 150 gearing. The sidecar itself needed a bit of
fiberglass repair, though it is in general good condition. |