Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8th October. Vintage bikes, classic bikes, modern sports bikes and a few supermoto/motocross bikes thrown in for good measure make for a good spectacle!
But those of us with good taste really turned up to cheer on the four Lambretta riders competing. They were all flying the flag and helping to promote the ‘Scooters on the Mount’ side of the hillclimb events.
The competitors race up part of Scarborough’s legendary Oliver’s Mount road race circuit. It is an anticlockwise track, which is very rare in racing. The bit the hillclimb sprint uses, starts in the area normally used for the pits and finishes at the top of the main hill – the highest point on the track.
The riders go up one at a time with a 30 second or so delay, which makes for constant flowing action. The bikes go in category order – classic, then modern and in different capacity limits too.
One of the advantages of SLUK’s extensive dealer directory is that businesses can promote their work by posting photos and videos of their efforts.
When it comes to video though, few have gone as far as our friends from Scooterist Factory in Spain who’ve produced this fantastic high-speed, humour-sprinkled movie. It shows the complete process of stripping, restoring and rebuilding a Serveta in less than ten minutes flat.
It also makes you realise quite how much work is involved in doing a restoration and why people charge so much. Still, if it only takes 10 minutes to restore a scooter then that’s good value.
For more on Scooterist Factory, see our listing in the directory.
