its late and I'm tired and this is probably a daft question but how feasible is it to tow a lambretta behind a vehicle with just the front wheel off the ground ?
I was thinking of using something like this for short distance recovery http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221393815802? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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I don't know about a Lammbretta but I have seen motorbikes being towed with their front wheel in a cradle (can't see ebay from my work account) and the back wheel rolling, so I would assume that you could. I had thought of doing that as well, I will have a look at the link when I get home.
Hopefully it does not slip in to 1:st doing 60.
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I can't quite see how that attaches to the tow bar, it must locate solidly somehow 
Good idea though but I wouldn't want to use it for much more than local recoveries and at low speeds personally.
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Like this you mean?
Just be prepared that the back of the towed scooter leans over quite a lot as you turn tightly so you need decent ground clearance.
Just be prepared that the back of the towed scooter leans over quite a lot as you turn tightly so you need decent ground clearance.
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the reason I asked was because I thought that scoot gearboxes and transmissions operate differently than motorcycles ? Someone told me that the scoot gearbox would be turning the whole time it was towed ?Andy W wrote:I don't know about a Lammbretta but I have seen motorbikes being towed with their front wheel in a cradle (can't see ebay from my work account) and the back wheel rolling, so I would assume that you could. I had thought of doing that as well, I will have a look at the link when I get home.
I haven't really looked at the scooter transmission yet so I don't know exactly how the drive is transmitted to the rear wheel and what happens when the scoot rear wheel is turned in neutral.
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No the gears will all be still, only the shaft will turn inside the loose cogs. As long as there is oil in the gearbox it won't be a problem, unless for some reson it slips into gear!
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My Dad towed his scrambler (as they were called then) to meetings. Maybe up to 30 miles away. Only thing I remember him complaining about was how quick his knobblies wore.
He removed the chain, dropped the front wheel, slipping the axle though a bracket on the bumper, all nice and secure.
Scooter gearbox is gonna churn all the time. Iffy if there may be bits floating around in there?
He removed the chain, dropped the front wheel, slipping the axle though a bracket on the bumper, all nice and secure.
Scooter gearbox is gonna churn all the time. Iffy if there may be bits floating around in there?
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excellent ! 
It will only be used to recover my scoot or bike in the event of a puncture or breakdown unless I'm miles from home and then I'll call the AA .
For long distance I intend to buy or make a tow hitch carrier to sling it on the back of the campervan.
Its a lovely simple design but at £100 far too expensive for what it is so I'll make my own for about £20 and I ordered the tubing last night.
It will only be used to recover my scoot or bike in the event of a puncture or breakdown unless I'm miles from home and then I'll call the AA .
For long distance I intend to buy or make a tow hitch carrier to sling it on the back of the campervan.
Its a lovely simple design but at £100 far too expensive for what it is so I'll make my own for about £20 and I ordered the tubing last night.