UPDATED: SIP show us your smallie entries | COMPETITION

Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8^th 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.

Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8^th 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.

Our SIP ‘Show us your smallie’ competition proved very popular. The closing date was yesterday so you’ll find all the entrants in the galleries below. 

 

Those kind people from SIP have given us two pairs of SIP Performer tyres and tubes to give away, we’ll have one winner from the UK and one from abroad. Our judges will sift through the entries today and announce the winners later. 

 

 

 

Final smallie entries – 16th January

57: Owner, Ben Finlay, UK. I was going out for the clubs Christmas do (Groundhogs Durham) and was staying at Scott & Kirsty's but there was no room in the garage for my bike, so we carried it up a flight of stairs and parked in the bathroom. Was a cracking night. Ben Finlay Age 16.

58: Owner, Caitlin Donegan, UK. PKFL

59: Owner, Dave Fearson. Here's my 100 Sport that I sprayed in me Dad's garage and put together in the back garden last summer. Had a Vespa 100 back in '84 that took me to Skeggy, Colwyn Bay and Morecambe and I'm loving having a smallframe again.

60: Owner, Gen Jaggard, UK. She ain't pretty, paintwork isn't in the best condition but smallies are a lot of fun to ride and I'd thoroughly recommend getting one. I intend to start a Vega project this year so I've obviously got the smallframe bug! Photo by Serena Chamberlain.

61: Owner, John Hooker, UK. The scooter is a 1973 Vespa 90. Engine is the original 90 cases with a Polini 135 twin inlet kit, 4 speed gearbox, and HammerZombie pipe, running on a 19mm carb and points ignition! Phot by Steve Dawson.

62: Owner, Karen Lambert, UK. This is my 1982 50 Special. Her name is Primrose...

63: Owner, Niklas Jarland, Sweden. This is my V50R kitted with a Dr 102cc racing cylinder.

Friday 13th January

 

We’re still getting your ‘smallie’ entries sent in for this and the competition is hot! In fact we’ve had so many entries that SIP have given us an extra pair of SIP Performer tyres and tubes to give away. We’ll award one to a UK based owner and one to somebody from abroad. The competition closes on 16th January so if you’ve got a smallie and you want the world to see it you still have time. 

 

Here are three of our favourites from the latest batch of entrants, you can find the latest gallery further down the page…

 

 

 

56: Owner, Andrew Reid

 

Andre is from Detroit, MI USA. “This is my ‘sleeper’ 1971 Primavera.. 18hp cast iron Polini for drag racing between lights around Motor City”. Very cool photo as well Andrew. 

 

 

66: Owner, Rakz Taiwang

 

Another great photo, this one comes from Thailand. Rakz said “My smallframe V90 from Taiwang Vespa Gang Chiangmai Thailand.”

 

 

Entrant number 58, Serena Chamberlain

 

Cheeky Serena sent two photos in but we’ll let her off, “Here’s my smallframe “Bella” she’s a standard V100, and I’ve owned her for almost 27 years. She had a re-spray about 7 years ago, but the engine is the same – and she runs just sweet…”

 

The ‘oldie’ pic is my first scooter, a much loved 50 Special, bought with my wages from Woolworths (Saturday Girl) sadly making direct contact with a Postie Van, coming home from work one day….but which moved me up to a P Range with the insurance money (always a silver lining).

 

 

Monday 9th January another 25 new smallies added!

 

We’re drowning in photos of your smallframes, either the thought of winning a pair of SIP Performer tyres and tubes has got you all very excited, or you just like the idea of showing off your lovely little scooters? Either way, it’s great to see them all. 

 

Further down the page you’ll see our latest gallery and we’ve also picked out another three favourites. You can still send your entries in (details by clicking the link). At the minute it looks like the UK are heading into the lead with their smallies so let’s see some more from around the world….

Entrant number 32, it’s one for the ladies from the imaginatively named, Big Un. Big Un is a male model and member of the Sunday Sport Scooter Club. It’s the smallest smallie we’ve ever seen. 

Entrant number 40: John Walklate has thrown a spanner in the works with his lovely triplets. A smallframe doesn’t just have to be a Vespa you know. Welcome to the Lambretta Luna line.

Entrant number 40: Owner Marc from Austria. Beautiful scooter and a great photo as well. Can you do better? 

 

Smallframe right of passage

 

We’ve all been there (or at least most of us have), taking our first step towards freedom and adulthood on a smallframe Vespa at 16. Or in the case of quite a few of you, getting one a little later in life and realising just how much fun they are, especially when tuned. In Europe they’re still very popular but in the UK the large frame Vespa/Lambretta took over. Maybe small-frames are the next big thing though?

 

World of smallies

 

Receiving the entries shows quite a good geographical spread of smallie owners, with Germany and the UK so far having the most entries but we’ve also had them from Russia, USA, Canada, Finland, France, Austria and of course Italy. Let’s see where else we get them from over the next few days and be sure to let us know where you’re from if you’re sending in an entry.  

Fresh faced

 

Both myself and Sticky started out on smallframes. Here’s little old me sat on my first scooter, a Vespa 50 Special. This was taken outside my aunties house in Ilkeston, Derbyshire in 1987. The scooter, YCH 817Y was never seen again after I sold it at 17 when I bought a T5. The reg number hasn’t been on the DVLA system since it went computerised either, I presume it ended up getting written off or scrapped. 

 

Sticky follows the Twig around Mirecourt on his Vespa SS90 at Scootentole race meeting in France 2009

Smallframe heaven

 

The first day of our competition saw no less than 29 entries. You can scroll through them in the gallery at the end and read the captions to see who they belong to and where they’re from. We’ve picked out three of our favourite photos though for a closer look.

 

We’ll be adding to this page over the next few days (so if you sent them in last night be patient) so look out for the updates. 

Number 29: Owner, Phil Todd, UK

 

“I thought I’d send in some pictures of our Primavera, which my wife and I recently restored to original condition”.

Entry number 3: Owner, Marco Tibaldeschi, from Italy

 

“Here’s a photo of my Vespa Raid in summer 2014 in Morocco. From Tangier, all down to Marrakech passing in Rabat, Casablanca, Essaouira… We were two on the same 1980 original Vespa ET3, me and my girlfriend! We drove for more than 2000 kms in two weeks. This was just one of our travels. My experiences are the whole of Italy, Corsica, Sicily and from Alessandria (my city) to London, from Alessandria to Barcelona… Great experiences! Hope you appreciate them”. You can follow Marco’s Slow Travelling Vespa page here. 

Number 27: Owner, Patrick MPA, Russia

 

Patrick sent us a few nice colour images of his bright green Vespa 50S street racer but we thought this one was the coolest. It almost looks like a couple of model scooters and the engine is just ready to glue into place. It’s actually  from his 50S. 

 

Gallery number 3

56: Owner, Andrew Reid, from Detroit, MI USA.

57: Owner, Anthony Maxwell UK. No details about this little black beast though...

58: Owner, same scooter, older Serena Chamberlain

59, Owner, Brecht Daniels, Belgium

60: Owner, Adrian and Emma Slater, UK. Their 50 Special

61: Owner, Evan dower, ScotlandPictured here is my PK50. I am also in the process of rebuilding my own Primavera ET3 in time for my Birthday in April.

62: Owner, Alice Bye, UK. Vespa 90.

63: Owner: R Gartenmeier, Germany. I'd like to win the grateful SIP tyres! So I send you some pics from my beautiful Vespa V50L built 1967.

64: Owner, Lydia Brown, UK. Vespa PK

65: Owner, Shaun, UK. Not the best way to travel home from a rally...

66: Owner, Rakz Taiwang, Thailand.My smallframe V90 from Taiwang Vespa Gang Chiangmai Thailand

67: Owner, Skwirlysmallframe, UK.

68: Owner, Glen Husselbee, UK

Entrants gallery 2

31: Owner, Aidan UK. 1964 small door V90 sent in by Emma Slater

32: Owner, Big Un, UK. Here is my entry. As you can tell I could do with a couple of spare tyres! PK50 with a Polini 75cc, 22 carb. Top speed 42!

33:33: Owner, Felix Penning, Germany. This is my daily driver - original SS90 with unique patina. Optically it´s original but technically it´s up to date. Quattrini M1-60, Keihin PWK 28, FalkR exhaust, Bitubo and BGM shock absorbers. About 20PS and absolutely suitable for everyday use. I love it.

34: Owner, Gareth Middleton, UK. Here's my PK sprinter/hill climber (Oliver's Mount last year) with my old BSSO race motor, fibreglass bodywork, Zip forks.

35: Owner, Giles Armstrong, UK. A pic of my smallframe.

36: Graham Foster-Vigors, Northern Ireland. Little Vespa 50n, with a Primavera 135 fitted! Port Stewart Northern Ireland! Stunning scoot and scenery!

37: owner, James Mobberley, UK. My locally found two owner Vespa 90 Racer. My first scooter, the one that started it all...

38: Owner, Jason lodge, UK:Here’s my son’s 1983 Vespa PK50S (before & after) which I built for him last year. We spent far too much on it but it was worth every penny as it’s the same model and year as my first scooter when I was a young scooterboy in 1987. This one will be a little bit faster than my old 50cc as his is fitted with a DR102 kit fed by a 19mm carb, reedvalve and a gear up kit.

39: Owner, Jay ES, UK. My P125 ETS 'Blue Meanie'. So cute that she has to live in the house with me.

40: Owner John Walklate, UK: Alright guys, I thought I'd best get in there with some small frame lambrettas the slower the better... smiles per hour!! From the basic 50c to the stylish 50cl and the pinnacle of Bertone's vision of the Luna line machines the 75s...

41: Owner, Lee Sparkes, UK. Lee's mean green PK50 XL

42: Owner, Leigh Moore, UK. Tasty smallframe...

43: Owner, Mark Johnstone, Scotland.My Vespa Primavera taken at the Millport Scooter Rally on the Isle of Cumbrae in 2011. The wee scooter was chained to the lamp post for added security. The smallie is an Italian import that's completely original down to its well past their sell by date block tread Pirelli tyres... hint hint.

44: Owner, Marc (M&D Blanks), Austria. It's a stunner...

45: Owner, Mark Robinson, UK. Charlie Edmonds works Falc 153 BSSO Racer.

46: Owner, Max Luciano, UK: Find attached a picture of my Primmy and 50 Special.

47: Owner, Mick Talbot, Dublin, Ireland. 1966 Vespa 50

48: Owner, Ian Osbourne, UK. Oz's Parmakit sprinter.

49: Owner Wendy Bent, UK: Sent in by husband, Pete "This is my wife's smallframe that she's had since being 17, rebuilt by me, then crashed by me! Rebuild number two on its way!"

50: Owner, Ray, UK.Red SS I've had for years, tuned by Jerome ar Readspeed. It's nice to see some smallframe features.

51: Owner, Stephanie Lampman, Canada. Here's a photo of my 100 with an awesome SIP pipe! We are in Vancouver, Canada and yes that is snow so unfortunately no riding today!

52: Owner, Steve Hoyle, UK.My 1984 converted Automatica, fitted with a 1965 Vespa GT 125 engine block, kitted with Pinasco 177. Pictured in April 2016 before the Manchester St George's day ride. Steve Hoyle, Manchester and Central Scooter Club.

53: Owner, Thijs Berrens, Europe. Here's my 1978 ET3.

54: Owner, Vicki Uttridge, UK. Hi Please find attached a couple of images of my smallie (orange V90) and another two out of the 6 that we have in our club. Regards Vicki

55: Owner, Wee Red Truck, UK. Vespa 50, with PK 125 engine, will be on the road sometime this year as it is the 45th anniversary of A5 Scooter club, engine mods to be carried out in the future when time and money permit.

Entrants gallery number one

1: Owner, Alessandro Bucci, from Italy. Vespa ET3

2: Owner, Red Wolf, France. Here is my Vespa 50 Special, 1972, with a few custom made arrangements! A gift from my dad, himself an old Vespa rider. It wasn't built by a pro and it keeps having problems, but what matter is that it was built with love! The photo was taken on a Monday morning in October, in the Parc of Saint Cloud, above Paris!

3: Owner, Marco Tibaldeschi, Italy. Here a photo of my Vespa Raid in summer 2014 in Morocco. From Tangier, all down to Marrakech passing in Rabat, Casablanca, Essaouira... We were two on the same 1980 original Vespa ET3, me and my girlfriend! We drove for more than 2000 kms in two weeks. This was one of our travels. My experiences are the whole of Italy, whole Corsica, whole Sicily, from Alessandria (my city) to London, from Alessandria to Barcelona... Great experiences! Hope you appreciate them. Marco, Vespa lover. From Italy

4: Owner, Lukas Liebert in Göttingen, Germany.

5: Owner, Stef Scooterist. Here's a pic of my Giallo Cromo V50 Special. Hope you like the pic, cheers & all the best from Austria, Stef.

6: Owner Deano Proctor, UK. 1976 Vespa N.

7: Owner, Chris, UK. Vespa 90.

8: Owner Martin Lloyd, UK. Stunning 90SS.

9: Owner Gabriel Bush, UK. Me with my PK80 with 125 engine

10: Owner, Stephan Sendke, Germany. Tasty V50.

11: Owner, Kai Nikander. Just bought it and already love it . Greetings from Turku, Finland.

12: Owner, Roger Alber from Germany.

13: Owner David Sawicki, UK. Whaddya mean tall folk look daft on smallies? Dave.

14: Owner Alexander Arnoldt. We all know that feeling, long road ahead, two stroke on song...

15: Owner Alistair Lake, UK. Wolfies old smallframe.

16: Owner, Brooke Kelley, USA. New Years Day in Minneapolis, a toasty 22 degrees F.

17: Owner,Uwe Frombach, Germany.

18: Owner, Marco Kloss, Germany. PK XL.

19: Owner, Martin Wächtler, Germany. Nice PK50 S but I'm not sure the trailer will go down well with our judges...

20: Owner, Shaly Apin, from Russia. A familiar sight, scooter at the side of the road.

21: Owner, Trummer Dieter, Germany. This is a project for his boys.

22: Owner, Visa Issakainen from Finland. This is my ‘68 Primavera. It has 5mm spoke enduro wheels made fos kids enduro bikes 😊

23: Owner, Ben Churchill, UK. Here's a photo of the Mrs' smallie. Who said "Needs to be back on the road this season or I'm a dead man lol 😂".

24: Owner, Glen Husselbee, UK.

25: Owner, Kody Montgomery. His 1982 Vespa PK50

26: Owner, MJ Loram. My dad's V100, he bought it in 1978 after coming out of the RAF. He gave it to me in 1989 and I am still riding it to rallies today.

27: Owner, Patrick MPA, Russia. Vespa 50S street racer.

28: Owner, Pete ISCA S.C, U.K. His well used ET3 B-race.

29: Owner, Phil Todd, UK. I thought I'd send in some pictures of our Primavera, which my wife and I recently restored to original condition.

30: Owner Brian Cole, UK. Classy Martini themed V90.

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