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Lambretta 250 Grand Prix Racer

7/1/2016

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I was sent a link to mcnews.com.au which had a feature on a Lambretta Racer. It was too good not to share so I thought I’d post it here.
Words and photo credited to mcnews.com.au and Phil Aynsley
Lambretta 250 Grand Prix RacerPhil Aynsley tracks down a unique Lambretta 250 Grand Prix Racer
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Sometimes things just work out. Many years ago I saw an old period B&W photo of a 1950s racing Lambretta in a book. It was a beautiful looking thing but there was almost no information about it and I was never able to find out anything more.
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Fast forward to 2010 and I was looking through the posts on a bike forum and there was a link to photos taken at a classic meeting in Europe. One of the pics caught my eye (I forget what bike it was) and in the way of these things I was soon browsing on another website  – where much to my astonishment, there was a recent shot of the Lambretta!
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Luckily there was enough information to track it down and I was able to make contact with the owner. The following year I was able to photograph it in Milan.
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Originally shown at the 1951 Milan Show as a dry sump, SOHC design, the 250GP evolved into a wet sump, DOHC bike by the time it was retired in 1953.
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This bike (number one of the two built) was discovered by Lambretta enthusiast Vittorio Tessera, abandoned under a pile of rubbish after the factory was closed in 1972.
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The bike was designed by Giuseppe Salmaggi and raced, not particularly successfully, by Romolo Ferri and Cirillo “Nello” Pagani.
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The 54×54 bore/stroke V-twin motor used a shaft drive, with the overall transverse V-twin design predating the famous Moto Guzzi layout by some 13 years.
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