lambretta gp jet sx 200 road racer spares repair project
lambretta gp 200. project. i believe this is a spanish jet 200. first registered 1/4/2003 in uk. old G reg 1969? 3 previous owners before myself. the last owner had this scooter since 5/11/2005, i bought it 27/8/2014. during last owners time it started life standard gp200 used to travel all over country with his local club he was part of. then the engine was highly tuned by the owner a well know face in the lambretta tuning scene Vince "vinnocenti" smith. this man has tuned and raced lambrettas since being a boy. he bored it out to a 240cc along with other mods and had it running at 22.4bhp which isn't bad for a scooter and he showed me the dyno prints stuck on his garage wall to prove this. used to do sprints and races on this "street racer" still road legal, one of the pictures is of Vinnie doing a sprint on this scooter and if you dig deep on the net there are more pics and info. around 2009 he decided to strip and rebuild this scooter as a full time racer as he has done in the past. when stripped down he was offered a good price for his tuned gp 200/240cc engine and a standard engine in part ex. so he decided to take the deal and strip and tune the new engine he had acquired while he was doing the rest. whilst stripped in his garage his circumstances changed and lets say this scooter hasn't been touched since so has sat approx 4-5yrs in bits then i bought it this year. my intention was to rebuild it back to being road legal all parts still there but i have no experience w...