An overview of some interesting Lambretta books and other scooter literature for the Lambretta enthusiast.
Recent Lambretta books
Recent Lambretta books are still available from specialized scootershops or bookshops, others are lucky finds.
Lambretta (Serveta) La eterna segundona (1954-1990) 2° Edicion Moto Retron, Fansico HerrerosSegunda edición muy ampliada (Junio 2006) de uno de los monográficos de más exito editado por Francisco Herreros y largamente agotado. El libro, muy completo, repasa los orígenes de Lambretta en Italia y narra la historia de la marca en España, analizando cada uno de los modelos, su evolución, los prototipos, el deporte y un ámplio anecdotario, todo ello con fotos de todos los modelos, en color y blanco y negro. La segunda parte del libro –para muchos, la más importante– muestra la mecánica de las dos series de modelos (D/LD y Li), con los manuales de taller completos, acompañados por fotos de las operaciones paso a paso y numerosas radiografías con todos los despieces. La tercera parte – añadida en esta segunda edición – narra la historia y la técnica de los ciclomotores fabricados por Servetta, tanto los Honda (las famosas Hondita), como los propios de Servetta. e incluye los despieces y manuales de instrucciones. La cuarta parte, también nueva, es un álbum de curiosidades sobre la marca. link |
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Lambretta Bible An in-depth look at the world’s finest scooter from the Model A to the GP 200. The Lambretta story doesn’t end there though, with the focus moving onto machines prepared and built by Lambretta Concessionaires. The book ends with a look at the main British dealer specials of the 1960s. About the Author: The Scarborough scooter rallies of the late 1970’s saw Pete Davies begin his interest in Lambretta scooters. Through the 1980’s continuing until today Pete has owned a variety of Lambrettas made in Italy, Spain and India, from the humble LD 150 to a tuned GP 150. In 1999 Pete undertook the role of Vehicle Registrar for the Lambretta Club of Great Britain and with this role came a desire to discover far more detailed information on Lambretta scooters, wherever they were built. Now running the British Lambretta Archive Pete is still discovering and sharing information on the world’s finest scooter. |
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The Complete Spanner’s Workshop Manual for: Lambretta Slimstyle scooters. This long awaited manual is set to improve life for many thousands of scooter owners around the world. The new book written by Martin ‘Sticky’ Round – the former editor of Scootering Magazine – is the first ever fully pictorial guide to working on the classic Italian scooter. It was produced in collaboration with some of the world’s top Lambretta experts.A4 book with 236 colour pages. It contains over 900 photos, 20 colour wiring diagrams and hundreds of technical tips http://www.lambrettabook.com |
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Lambretta LI series scooters (Paperback) By Andrea and David Sparrow. 90 superb original colour photographs Brief background history of the company Full story of the LI series. Basic specification and statistics Quotes, and interesting facts and feats Introduced as a more stylish and versatile alternative to the popular and practical Lambretta LD series, the LI was produced by Innocenti in various guises from 1957 until the last Lambretta’s of all rolled off the production line in 1971. The LI series scooters were the most popular Lambrettars of all – the machines that people of a certain age remember affectionately from their youth, coming in a range of bright colours and with shiny chrome. The LI Series was a fast-selling success for Innocenti – not just in its native Italy, but also throughout Europe and elsewhere in the world. |
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Lambretta Colour Family Album By Andrea and David Sparrow. |
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Innocenti Lambretta The Definite History By Vittorio Tessera, one of Italy’s most important scooter collectors. |
Lambretta – an illustrated history Charts the history of the Italian Lambretta, from its introduction just after World War II by the Innocenti Company in Milan, through to 1972 when they stopped production and sold the tooling to the Lambretta manufacturer in India. Every Italian model is listed including mopeds and three-wheelers. |
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Lambretta Home Workshop Manual compiled by Ken Herlingshaw, written by Edward Stott, revised by Arthur Francis. |
Lambretta Performance tuning and conversions written and compiled by Ken Herlingshaw |
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Scooter and Scooterist Lambretta Tuning Manual by Dave Webster |
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The Unofficial Lambretta Manual Update by Mark Haines |
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The Lambretta Serviceman’s written and compiled by D.B. Palmer. Models covered: LC, LD125, LD 150, LI 125 and 150 Ser. I, TV 175 Ser. I |
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Nostalgia by Mike Karslake. |
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Het Lambretta Boek by Gerrit Klaas Berghuijs |
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Li series 1 Spare parts list with the original Innocenti part N° |
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Li series 2 Spare parts list with the original Innocenti part N° |
Li series 3 Spare parts list with the original Innocenti part N° |
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Service manual for Li Series 2 in French. |
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Contains 75S & SL partlist and diagram that are differ from those fitted to 50C & CL | |
Lui/Vega 50 C/CLSpare parts list with the original Innocenti part N° | |
DL(GP) 125, 150 and 200 Spare parts list with the original Innocenti part N° Reprint by Toni Sacchi 89 pages A4 |
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The book of the Lambretta Moto-scooterBy R.H. Warring Covering all models up to the LDB Pitman’s motorcyclists’ library 1957 (4th reprint 1960) 198 pages b/w |
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Manuel D’entretien Lambretta 125 cmc.Toutes les modèle jusq’ua D/LD (’51-’52) Edité par Moto Revue 123 pag. b/w A5 |
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Votre Lambretta par Editions Pratiques Automobiles 80 pag. b/w 1953 |
Like to cut a Lambretta from a sheet of paper? click on the sample image. |