Lambretta 48 Moped – Precursor to the Lambre...

Lambretta 48 Moped

With Phil Aynsley

Lambretta may be very well-known for its vary of scooters however the firm additionally made a extremely profitable vary of mopeds as properly.

The 48 moped was produced over a number of sequence from 1955 till it was outmoded by the 39 cc Lambrettino in 1966.

The 48 used a 47.75 cc single cylinder two-stroke that was fitted with a four-speed twist grip managed gearbox. Energy was a whopping 1.7 hp at 5000 rpm.

Weight was 44 kg and gasoline consumption (in all probability its most essential efficiency determine) was 80km/L (or 188mpg). The two.7 L tank was due to this fact good for 217 km. A petroleum-oil combination of 5 per cent was used.

The unique Kind 57 Collection I used to be produced from August 1955 to mid 1956 after being first displayed the yr earlier than.

The Collection II was constructed till December 1957 and had a number of minor modifications similar to a pressed steel stand quite than a metal rod and so forth.

Not so much was new for the Kind 58 Collection I that adopted in January 1959 after a break of 12 months (all of 1958), with a brand new twin-cable gear management twist grip, the HT coil moved contained in the engine and no decompression system.

The one change for the Collection II was new outsourced bar lever carriers. The bike seen here’s a restored 1960 Kind 58 Collection II mannequin.

The 48 moped was additionally in-built India by subsidiary API Lambretta by way of kits provided from Italy.

34,909 Kind 57 and 24,640 Kind 58 48 cc mopeds have been constructed which reveals in the event you’re onto factor, follow it!

Lambretta 48 Moped Specs