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tony wrote: "edmunds"

i over heard the announer at mallory (i think ) say edwards

I wish I could afford 1, they sound the b@11@x!!

Sounds like alot of motor for the money!

An endurance test over in the UK sounds like fun for all the latest kits out there and the Super Monza has set a mark. Quite a few of those kits seem to suggest they are for touring so let's see them run for a constant 6 hours or however they run it. I love reading that sort of stuff in Scootering

I can say I am one of the few lucky ones who stood there besides the Performance Tuning Team (I was actually a member of the Scooter Techniques Team next box over) watching the kit go on and on for six hours under a constant thrashing. Here in Spain people couldn't beleive that a street tuned Lambretta (let alone a Lambretta!) could put up such a heavy and hard fight for the glory. From the first minute to the last, the experience to say the least was absolutely jaw dropping. I've heard several Lambretta tuned motors but to say the least, the Supermonza was unique. Everytime it passed in the straight line in front of the paddock everybody would go quiet for a few seconds to hear it going by. Surely, as well as me most of you have heard different tuned motors and will probably think I am exagerating. Well, it is your free choice to think so. However, the grunt of that motor was out of this planet. Other engines feel fragile with sound, as if they are running in a thin line on the verge of breakdown. Not the Super Monza. I felt like if I got on it I could reach Lisbon and back on that very same day after the race was over. Charley lifted the trophy at the podium and all I wanted to do was to get on that yellow machine and ride away! (if ever! Ha!) For those who don't know, that was the first time in nearly 40 years that a Lambretta crossed the finnishing line in Spain as a winner on a 6 hour endurance. As a "Spanish Lambretta nut", as Sticky called me on the article he wrote about the race on Scootering the month after, I was over the clouds that day to say the least. Still am, and there is not a single day I don't thank Charley for shutting a lot of mouths up and prooving the magnificency not only of his amazing kit, but also of Lambrettas.

J.

Supereibar wrote:I can say I am one of the few lucky ones who stood there besides the Performance Tuning Team (I was actually a member of the Scooter Techniques Team next box over) watching the kit go on and on for six hours under a constant thrashing. Here in Spain people couldn't beleive that a street tuned Lambretta (let alone a Lambretta!) could put up such a heavy and hard fight for the glory. From the first minute to the last, the experience to say the least was absolutely jaw dropping. I've heard several Lambretta tuned motors but to say the least, the Supermonza was unique. Everytime it passed in the straight line in front of the paddock everybody would go quiet for a few seconds to hear it going by. Surely, as well as me most of you have heard different tuned motors and will probably think I am exagerating. Well, it is your free choice to think so. However, the grunt of that motor was out of this planet. Other engines feel fragile with sound, as if they are running in a thin line on the verge of breakdown. Not the Super Monza. I felt like if I got on it I could reach Lisbon and back on that very same day after the race was over. Charley lifted the trophy at the podium and all I wanted to do was to get on that yellow machine and ride away! (if ever! Ha!) For those who don't know, that was the first time in nearly 40 years that a Lambretta crossed the finnishing line in Spain as a winner on a 6 hour endurance. As a "Spanish Lambretta nut", as Sticky called me on the article he wrote about the race on Scootering the month after, I was over the clouds that day to say the least. Still am, and there is not a single day I don't thank Charley for shutting a lot of mouths up and prooving the magnificency not only of his amazing kit, but also of Lambrettas.

J.

nice post jaime

Great feedback Supereibar! Thats what we are all looking for somebody who has seen and heard it running for a few hours.
Sounds very promising indeed!!

this may have already been mentioned but what pipe were they running in the 6 hour endurance race?

Supereibar wrote:I can say I am one of the few lucky ones who stood there besides the Performance Tuning Team (I was actually a member of the Scooter Techniques Team next box over) watching the kit go on and on for six hours under a constant thrashing. Here in Spain people couldn't beleive that a street tuned Lambretta (let alone a Lambretta!) could put up such a heavy and hard fight for the glory. From the first minute to the last, the experience to say the least was absolutely jaw dropping. I've heard several Lambretta tuned motors but to say the least, the Supermonza was unique. Everytime it passed in the straight line in front of the paddock everybody would go quiet for a few seconds to hear it going by. Surely, as well as me most of you have heard different tuned motors and will probably think I am exagerating. Well, it is your free choice to think so. However, the grunt of that motor was out of this planet. Other engines feel fragile with sound, as if they are running in a thin line on the verge of breakdown. Not the Super Monza. I felt like if I got on it I could reach Lisbon and back on that very same day after the race was over. Charley lifted the trophy at the podium and all I wanted to do was to get on that yellow machine and ride away! (if ever! Ha!) For those who don't know, that was the first time in nearly 40 years that a Lambretta crossed the finnishing line in Spain as a winner on a 6 hour endurance. As a "Spanish Lambretta nut", as Sticky called me on the article he wrote about the race on Scootering the month after, I was over the clouds that day to say the least. Still am, and there is not a single day I don't thank Charley for shutting a lot of mouths up and prooving the magnificency not only of his amazing kit, but also of Lambrettas.

J.

Where's the "Like" button ??...... ahh....... here it is:

This may be the greatest kit of all time but it's still jolly expensive.

£700 for the basic kit

£600 for the basic exhaust

£180 for the carb

£300 for the crank (at least)

£100 clutch (at least)

£900 for the gearbox (optional)

Plus a lot more for the other bits that you always forget about when budgeting an engine build.

Putting the exhaust to one side, 'cos it is expensive, no question, carb, crank, bearings and clutch are arguably what you would be fitting to any high horsepower motor. The kit is comparable on price too, http://lambrettaspares.com/spares/ts1/c ... 0753k.html

Bargain!