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<blockquote data-quote="davemurgtroyd" data-source="post: 1079830" data-attributes="member: 319227"><p>Ah yes the Lambretta (Li150? series 3) scooter - my first motor vehicle was a series 2. I failed (not exactly) my first driving test 54 years ago on one because the front brake cable snapped on the emergency stop (where he steps out in front of you) I did manage to stop but couldn't continue and he did say I would otherwise have passed. He did on return to the test centre book me into a cancelled test two days later which I passed. A few months later whilst working on it I broke the top casting on the carb and reading a magazine there was an advert from Val Philips saying he could supply a fuel injection for any bike so I challenged him and he duly supplied - far cheaper than a complete carb. It was gravity fed and you had to remember to turn the petrol tap off before stopping the engine otherwise you filled the piston and crankcase with petrol. So I had the first and probably only fuel injected Li150 in the UK. A great increase in performance and economy (provided you didn't drive flat out) - top speed up from 65m.p.h. to 80. Incidently IIRC Lambretta still hold a world land speed record</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davemurgtroyd, post: 1079830, member: 319227"] Ah yes the Lambretta (Li150? series 3) scooter - my first motor vehicle was a series 2. I failed (not exactly) my first driving test 54 years ago on one because the front brake cable snapped on the emergency stop (where he steps out in front of you) I did manage to stop but couldn't continue and he did say I would otherwise have passed. He did on return to the test centre book me into a cancelled test two days later which I passed. A few months later whilst working on it I broke the top casting on the carb and reading a magazine there was an advert from Val Philips saying he could supply a fuel injection for any bike so I challenged him and he duly supplied - far cheaper than a complete carb. It was gravity fed and you had to remember to turn the petrol tap off before stopping the engine otherwise you filled the piston and crankcase with petrol. So I had the first and probably only fuel injected Li150 in the UK. A great increase in performance and economy (provided you didn't drive flat out) - top speed up from 65m.p.h. to 80. Incidently IIRC Lambretta still hold a world land speed record [/QUOTE]
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