Showing posts with label lambretta scooter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lambretta scooter. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

1962 Harley-Davidson XLCH Road Test/Specs

Road Tests: Harley-Davidson XLCH, Suzuki 250 El Camino; Scooter Test: Lambretta 175 TV; Technical: Carburetion; The Value of Fairings; The Morgan Three-Wheeler; AMA 8-Mile National; West German Grand Prix; Begian Grand Prix; Soviet Road Racing for Ladies; Trailing with a purpose; All Go - Chevrolet powered Drag Cycle; Canadian Grand Prix; Mini-Bike Cross Country; Rider Profile: Carroll Resweber; Top Men in Europe - Jeff Smith; more

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1962 October Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue - Harley-Davidson available at www.DadsVintageAds.com









Wednesday, March 30, 2011

1962 Jayne Mansfield Lambretta Scooter Pin-Up

Looking for someone to show her the finer points of scootering is Jayne Mansfield. After her first ride Jayne said, "You have to be careful on those curves." The motorscooter? A Lambretta, of course! (If you want another peek at the Lambretta, see page 46).

1962 October Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com













1962 Dick Hammer astride a Harley-Davidson at the AMA National TT at Peoria, Illinois

Cover: Dick Hammer astride a Harley-Davidson at the AMA National TT at Peoria, Illinois; California Road Racing; World's Fastest Motorcyclist; Watkins Glen Grand Prix; Buco Helmet Production; Bonneville Speed Week; Summer ride thru Austria; Short Track National; 50-Mile Nat'l at Springfield; Jayne Mansfield / Lambretta Pin-Up; Peoria T.T. Nationals; Bonneville Fashion Show; more

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Friday, October 29, 2010

1953 Lambretta model LD Deluxe Scooter Road Test & Specs

Cover: Destined to revolutionize the U.S. motor scooter field is the newly imported Lambretta 125 cc putt-putt that boasts features of motorcycles four times its size...

Contents: Plumbing with a purpose; William Ottaway - his motors made history; How to make "The Big Ride"; Two-Cycle Talk; "K" Day at Palos Verdes; Unbalance of the Piston Engine; Lambretta model LD Deluxe Scooter - the working man's friend - road test; Scrambles jump the Atlantic; Catalina; Irish Road Races; Why the Moose Run?; more

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

1962 Motorcycle Road Test of the Honda 305 Super Hawk

Volume 1, number 5, published May 1962. "The New Motorcycle Enthusiasts' Magazine"

Cover: Kinumitsu Takahashi, phenomenal winner of three out of four event run at the USMC Daytona in February, on the fantastic Honda. Photo by Alice Bixler.

Contents: Road Tests: Honda 305 Super Hawk, Maico 250 Scrambler; Mini-Bike Test: The Savage; Complete AMA Daytona Report; Technical: Disc Brakes for motorcycles; Satire: In the Beginning - motorcycle racing and how it all began with tongue in cheek; Scooter Test: Lambretta 150LI; Rx for Goggles; AMA National Hare & Hound; Top Men in Europe - Bob McIntyre; Kreidler 50cc GP Bikes; more

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

1965 Enduro: Scooter Style 1-Page Article

The world of racing will not be quite the same now with the running of the annual Cal-Poly High Mountain Enduro...

...champion cyclist, Ken McLaughlin, owner of the Fixit Shop in San Luis Obispo, who rides a Triumph and handles a scooter dealership, prepared four scooters for this type of racing. Lambretta 150-LI's were selected...

...over 150 machines were entered including two Lambretta motor scooters....Tim Reardon and Ed Ueckert were the riders.......

Photo captions: 1. One of the well-prepared enduro scooters 2. Reardon and Ueckert leave Cal-Poly campus on the first leg of the well-known High-Mountain Enduro.


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