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    Highland scoot

    On sat the Highland scoot took place leaving from Stirling at the Wallace monument and then a round trip of around 170 miles. This event has not run for a very long time and was done in the 1950's here is the film from 1959 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__66J...e=channel_page It was a great day out! with me doing around 250 miles not bad for a 1960's Lambretta. On the way home on the Motorway my Friends vespa decided it wanted a hole in the piston (luckily we had a spare piston) 1 Hour later on our way There was a CEILIDH on after the event but I could not go here is some photos









    Clan Gregor skirmish





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    Around 170 scoots took part


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    Here is my scoot Lambretta li 150 ser 2 made in 1960 fitted with a TS1 mb tuned 225 cc engine

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    Lammy,nice pix ! That's pretty much the same type of scooter my big brother had (he had a Li series 3) in the mid-1960's (he was a Mod) . He got his scooter painted sky blue and had various lamps, shiny mirrors and florida bars etc. I remember sitting on the back as he drove us around Musselburgh and Edinburgh. It felt really good. But Musselburgh's cobbled streets were deadly on a rainy day !

    BTW I’ve been thinking for a while about importing a classic restored TV 200 into Oman (kick-start of course), similar to this (about GBP 4,000 imported from UK):-

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    Thanks with regards to buying a tv 200 watch were you get it from as £4000 seem s very cheep for a tv 200 as this is the top of the range lambretta I would expect to pay £7000 upwards for a Tv friend just bought a sx 200 from Armadoes and payed £8,500 there is a lot out there that are look a likes (ringers) li frames badged as tv etc Try getting one from Vietnam (scoots r us ) or India Gp were made in India but watch out for quality Here is some wee link for you http://www.ilambretta.com/ http://www.innocenti.org/ Hope this helps

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    Great pics, looks like a fun event, though you seem to have caught some rain over in the west of Scotland, Saturday was drier in the east.

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    What a fantastic looking event.
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    How cool. Looks like it was a lot of fun. And what's a little rain anyway?
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    I could use one of those for the Shrine parades. At least everyone would know I was coming and I'd know who was behind me.

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    Been a long time since I last rode a Scooter but enjoyed the pictures.
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    Looks like a fun time was had by all.... thanks for posting! Nice scooter
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