WA LCOA Lambretta Jamboree 2020 Fairbridge Village, Pinjarra

​The Lambrettas and their riders started mustering in the far northern suburbs of Perth, and proceeded down the coast picking up others along the way through Fremantle, then Rockingham, and onto Mandurah where they took a left, towards Pinjarra.
 
I met them all at the Ravenswood Pub for lunch in my ute with my dodgy Lambretta, and importantly sixty witches hats on board for the gymkhana. By this stage Dean’s scoot was already in the trailer, with his exhaust falling off at the manifold , and Gav was having troubles with his plug and plug cap.

Fairbridge was only another 15 k’s down the road so after lunch we headed off, and all having arrived safely, unpacked and settled into the two adjacent cottages, which were our base for the weekend. Then we all relaxed had a few beers and caught up with each other.
 
Steve Leech the WA, LCOA state rep. who had organized this and the previous jamboree, had pre-prepared the evening meals for the weekend and we were all treated to an amazing curry, dahl, nahn bread and rice meal for dinner, which had many commenting on the quality of the food. Then it was more beers, music, Dom and Trev started dancing together, and for some, Fireballs Whisky.

Saturday morning had most of us up early, Dean was working on reattaching his exhaust, and there was soon a full English breaky, being served.  After that a bunch of us went down to the Fairbridge oval and set up the gymkhana, before heading back and getting ready for the ride-out. ‘Lucky’ Phil emerged from his room complaining of heartburn (Fireballs), and took himself home, only to crack his expansion pipe half way there, and there were a few others who didn’t make it onto the ride.

The ride-out was a 110k ride from North Dandalup through Dwellingup and onto Waroona, before a blast back to Pinjarra on the SW Hwy, including some great hills and valleys and nice twisty roads through Jarrah forest, which was all going swimmingly until, …Gary lost a side panel, and his clutch shat itself, Dean’s exhaust fell off again, Gav’s gear selector lost it’s ‘C’ clip, and Mark’s scoot dumped it’s chaincase oil. We managed to get Gav’s scoot going again by scavenging from Dean’s scoot which by this stage was terminal, and Mark’s went onto the trailer where it left the rest of it’s oil, it will be now known as the ‘Exxon Valdez’.
 
Once we were all safely back at Fairbridge, we lined up the scoots for a photo shoot and then proceeded down to the oval for the gymkhana.

There was thrills and spills, with Dougie “it’s fucken Doogie!!” McLean, offering up his GP to one and all. Dom took full advantage, thrashing the scooter and the course, and Dougie now has some slightly worn clutch plates for sale. The eventual winner was Brian Tolley who ended up with both best time, and least penalties (none). Thanks to Sid for timekeeping and Mark for stewardship.

Afterwards Steve laid on another fantastic meal of lamb kebabs. Then on Sunday morning it was bacon sangers and the clean up.
 
A huge thanks to Steve Leech, for organizing the event, his commitment to the WA branch over the last few years has been outstanding.
 
Also, thanks to the back-up drivers, and all those that helped with setting up and breaking down the gymkhana, and the cooking and cleaning etc.
 
Max