As a former 1964 Lambretta owner with a tweaked engine (the scooter, not the owner!), who had mates with RD250s and 350s, I am gobsmacked with how well he managed to integrate the RD350 gubbins into the limited space available. It looks like a factory special. I would LOVE to ride it!

@SpeedTriple59

Жыл бұрын

Was done years ago in the 90s by Northern lads nothing new here..

@lambrettavespas

Жыл бұрын

Even I want 1 like this we do sell vintage Vespa and lambrettas. We are based in New Delhi India

@KelvinPaul-zy8eo

Жыл бұрын

I agree it has been done before but with them there were many problems .. rear hubs cracking … engine overheating etc etc I went through all the problem these guys had and eliminated them whilst building this …. This one is as perfect as I could build it … I have had 90 out of her and she does a wheelie in third gear …. Dangerous but brilliant to ride 👌👍

@kevinell6605

Жыл бұрын

Think that one of the first that we saw on the scooter scene back then was a lad that worked for British Aerospace that was going to try and make a living out of Lambretta YPVS conversions...

@lasirun950

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍 gasss sama #ajivas

Wanted one of these since i first saw Allan Rossa on his circa 1989. I still want one may be more so now having seen this. The mans a genius...

@retromechanicalengineer

Жыл бұрын

I knew I'd seen one before. I think it was in Performance Bikes magazine, must have been around '88 or 89.

@jasonball171

Жыл бұрын

Definitely wastes clean as this build absolutely stunning

@kelvinbonarski5121

Жыл бұрын

Hi there. Kelvin here. The Rossa was the first but had a lot of inbuilt problems ie heating issues wheel hubs cracking etc etc. I built this by eliminating all of the original bikes problems. Trust me it wasn’t.easy but well worth the effort ....

This RD350 Bike is purely Legendary Bike. Once during my time I used I want to have again.

Had a chat with the owner earlier on in the year. Nice bloke and took the time to tell me how much work ha had done. A stunning piece of kit.

Box hill,used to go there regular in the 80's,great place,last time i went was 2007 on my GSX1400,then moved to Scotland,it was the place to go in the 80,s ,no coppers spoiling the fun,remember wheelies from the roundabout to the bend for some guys,great fun & some regular special kit in the car park, moto martin gixers,cbx1000's ,good times. That scooter is such a great engineering job,well done sir.

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

Sadly it’s not like that anymore, average speed camera along the main road and under cover police out most days ☹️

The guy who built this does not know how amazing he is. What a fkin mad lad.

That’s superb - Love hearing about peoples custom builds. What a fantastic project 👌

Ah the smell of two stroke smoke, blue smoke curling behind the bike, reminds me of my glorious (not) misspent youth. Coaxing my BSA D14/4 Bantam to start. The sound of the twin expansion exhaust pipes crackling away, music to my ears. Great bike mate

Lovely 😊 Back in the day I bought an old li 150 for a fiver...Good fun. Then when i turned 16 I bought a new fs1e (1973) We used to go to Rykers bar back then. Good old days 😃😃

When I was 16, I owned a 1969 RD 350. Owned it for 3 years. Never had a license.

The water buffalo next to it is driving me crazy melancholic, my first super bike (1974 750 GT two cycle)

Absolute beauty! There have been loads of similar conversions over the years, but this is up there with the best of them in my opinion. Great engineering.

@olddog996

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. I like how compact everything was put together. Superb. 🙂

Absolutely beautiful !! Should be called a Yambretta !!

What a terrifying piece of kit.

I am not a fan of scooters but that is something special. The lev el of detail and the quality of finish is sublime Kudos to that lad.

@stevelee5724

Жыл бұрын

Hi Garrett, you said it mate. It was so clean and stock looking, I bet it gets along. Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

I was pals with the lad next door but one back in 1970. He was 2 years older and had a succession of scooters and bikes. We went to Oliver's Mount meetings on Scarborough a couple of times and over the Yorkshire moors into the dales. It started with a Vespa and the a GP 200 Lamb to an AJS 350. I still ride a scooter every day but miss my 600F.

Greatest build ever.

This bike is ridiculous,insane,absoluto crazy... I WANT ONEE🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘!!!a hug from Spain!!!

What a job!! Greetings from Italy

It's incredible, almost feel like the scooter was coming straight from factory.

What a bike, the detail, The packaging, stowage, The execution is flawless. A lovely toy. Nice1 👍

That's the craziest vespa I have ever seen.

he's liveing to ride..rideing to live.. bust of luck to him.. great set of wheels he's made....

Love bikes and scooters. Two wheels together. 👍🏻

Great build - well thought out. There are quite a few RD engined Lambrettas out there - 250/500 Gammas too. Scooter technology has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years with Casa Lambretta(and others) offering kits to take standard engines from 40 to 80 bhp depending on requirements and reliability required. Twin disc kits and other reinforced parts - engine casings/tyres/shocks/anti-dives etc available to suit. There's some mental kit for Vespas available too.

@nathanprentice7230

Жыл бұрын

I have the casa SSR Scuderia 265. Its 47.5 bhp so that's very close to a bog standard RD 300. Not quite there but almost. It actually has almost the exact bhp and torque figures as the old air cooled kawa KX 250. I rode a few of those as a kid and I think that's probaly enough power! I'm pretty sure the cylinder is based on a KTM 300 dirt bike cylinder so it will have that crazy on/off power delivery. Before the scuderia I had the casa SS hyper performance engine. That was scary fast and I only really pinned it two or three times. 90> on a lambretta is not for the faint hearted!

Your scooter is the thing of dreams for some people....superb ...very well done ...

This is tickling every single last one of my happy glands , I had a yammy fizzy in speeddblock yellow in 1977 and transitioned to lammy's in 1979 , ,, the work here is amazing 👏

What a brilliant bit of engineering 👏👏 i don’t think the tonup boys will be catching that 😂

I clicked on this because I owned an RD 350 way back in my youth of the 1980s. I did a number of upgrades but it was no where close to the beauty and quality on your build, You sir have built a work of Art!!

I'm in love with that "Lambreha" (that's the way they pronounce it), if produced would sell by the thousands!

That must be a death trap. Brilliant!!

The ingenuity of people amazes me.

totally a brilliant art of engineering.

OMG that guy is so clever. These sort of people are of a certain breed & i think they are born clever.

@KelvinPaul-zy8eo

Жыл бұрын

Hi there I wasn’t born cleaver I just followed my Dad (bless him) when I was little around the garage when he was working on his car. The key to anything is think about the problem first then slowly it’ll come to you 👍

Very clean build. Now that's a true sleeper.

Helluva engineering project with great craftsmanship!

Stunning, like a young Burt Reynolds.

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

Misses laughed 😅

i can see he really loves this type of work

Don't ride bikes, but I want that little yellow beauty. Beautifully engineered👍

Genius british engineering and a work of art 👌

@kelvinbonarski5121

Жыл бұрын

Hi there Kelvin here. Thank you for your kind comments

He's a genius!!! Big engine in a scooter legend. I've had both. Thanks for sharing it. Congratulations.

nice & amazing modification

We've all said it, all done it (in our dreams) but Kevin actually did it. Absolutely beautiful - how many more are you doing??

@evanjohn503

Жыл бұрын

sorry Kelvin (name)

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

Kelvin has invited me to come see another project he’s working on, stay tuned 😬

That's gorgeous!

Can it do a Wheely? You bet it could! Ha ha ha. Incredible build! Everyone is going to want one like me! I love it! Great job!

@KelvinPaul-zy8eo

Жыл бұрын

It wheelies in 3rd gear if your not careful 👍👍👍

@Crashed131963

11 ай бұрын

More like "is there a way to not do a wheelie?" LOL

We have here a Japanese-Italian scooter with an English rider. The result is equal to a Happy Adventurer. Ride safe Mate.👍

That guys Yambretta was friken awesome. Very well done sir. Real clean I like it

That thing is mental. Beautifully done.

This build is absolutely mental, your a genius.

The utter insanity of this boggles my mind. I used to have an rd350lc and it was scarily quick.

Sleeper Scoota. Inspirational build, love the concept and well thought out.

Ha! I saw somehing just like this about 20 years ago in Back Street Heroes magazine. It looked totally stock-just TWO little pipes poking out. How fast? 'Dunno,' said the owner, 'The speedo only goes to 90'. On 10" wheels? YE GODS!😲

Its just a piece of marvelous engineering very well done.

Wow! Stunning piece of bike art. Swing arm is just amazing.

It's the sort of 'sleeper' vehicle someone like Paul Newman would have loved. He used to put huge power into tiny vehicles like old VW beetles when he was a young actor and blow the doors off people to embarrass them in their hot rods. "We just got beat by a VW bug" This is a factory-quality build and you could sell the plans and kits and vehicles. Due to the age of the motor, they were legal in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, it might be able to be street-legal even here in the states.

AHHR mate you are in a different league! Absolutely fabulous 🤩 please share this creation with Yamaha now! Love it, it's top of the hit parade! Want one.

what a build...from a former rz and banshee owner that thing is scary deceiving ...respect on so many levels

@dhajicek

Жыл бұрын

As an RZ-350 owner, the thought of using full power on that tiny thing, is downright scary. I wonder if they ever do open it up?

@breamy2006

Жыл бұрын

@@dhajicek I open mine up at a near 70hp

Fabulous build.

It's the very definition of a hot rod; tiny, good-looking vehicle with a motor way too big for it 🙂

@souljahshocky

Жыл бұрын

You want to see the one with an RGV 500 ENGINE then

@ImminghamIronhead

Жыл бұрын

@@souljahshocky I'm scared

He said it...YAMbretta...excellent work...probably the best custom mod I've ever seen in 40 odd years of biking...perfect engine for it...too much power really...but common sense on the throttle...I guess a 100MPH would be a bit frightening with Lambretta handling...amazing what some people can do with their brains and hands...I'm in awe

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

Kelvins going to take it for a spin with the cameras on for me so stay tuned 😬

@kenlem4135

Жыл бұрын

very genious guy

O'h wow .... as an 80's Rockabilly growing up, i went to College as an apprentice Carpenter, and on my course were a few scooter Boys .... great bunch of Lads ..Nick Trundle, Paul Taylor , Ian Sterling ....they all rode Scooters , Not my idea of Transport but i did appreciate the style ... and actually quite liked the Lambretta styling .....i ended up on the back of one,. with one of the Lads..which i think was Nick....scared the crap out of me , pulling the odd Wheelie ... i held on for dear life ... i also Remember the RD's as well ........so what a collaboration of the two .....very impressive .

It's like having a pizza sliced with a samurai sword... Very well done Sir!

This is been done at least twice to my mind.. and this is a super fun project. Back in the day, as a Vespa and Lambretta scooter rat.. I had an old scooter magazine that had instructions on how to do this exact build. By all accounts super fun and would beat many bikes light to light.. leaving the lagging riders of dropping their jaw.

This build looks absolutely brilliant! Keep doing what you do!👍

Absolutely incredible

The motor is from a RD350LC (Liquid Cooled), my friend had one and my other friend had the air cooled RD350, both were beating the crap out of my modded RD400. Awesome build. Take care.

@andrewbecker3700

Жыл бұрын

RD400 was assembled with smaller carburetors to restrict power. My pops had a '75 350cc that almost killed him.

Insane, that's one way of saying what a clever sleeper build, thanks for showing. I had a RG250 Gamma in the day, love those twin 2strokes!

without a doubt one of the coolest customs I have ever seen. Thank you

Absolutely fantastic build. I had a non YPVS 350LC and loved it. I also have an affection for the curvy lines and status of the scooter. Your build offers the best of both and is a thing of beauty 💛🖤

Remarkable build. Beautifully considered and resolved. 69hp is probably enough! 😳

@thefreedomguyuk

Жыл бұрын

69HP plus the gentle YPVS delivery of it....just about enough... 😱😎👍

@jamespink4202

Жыл бұрын

@@thefreedomguyuk 🤣

awesome, absolutely stunning & scary in equal amounts

Awesome!!!!!! I had a hopped, up Li150 and more than a few RD350/400's. This is a dream!

This is bonkers , love it.

That's a unique custom built bike but the exhausts somehow sounds like the original lambretta 😁

Wow! What an engineering job! Hats off to you!

This ride is so beautifully made. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Absolutely beautiful scooter build.

this is fantastic ,im not a scooter fan but this is an awesome build !!!!!!!!!!! anything thats a true custom build deserves respect love it !!!!!!!!!!!

@felixcat9318

Жыл бұрын

Very well said! I agree, this is an incredible custom build, the radiator cooling installation is itself outstanding, let alone all the other wonderfully thought out details that go to make up this fascinating build.

@cliveturner4980

Жыл бұрын

love the thinking out of the box,most people build the same as everyone else same engine/same wheels same interior,i always built cars in my own style who wants to be the same as everyone else ? great work ,dare to be differant !!!!!!!!!!

That is a serious bit of kit. Congratulations sir.

When he put that painted side panel down on the floor I was like noooooooooo. Could see he didn't want to. Great build 👍

Aww. Cute. My grandmother would love one.

Beautiful creation by Kelvin, fit and finish is amazing. 👍

2 storks is life 🇧🇷

Ive seen a few beautiful creations in my time but a Kenny roberts lambretta takes some beating! Love it!

Never been a fan of hairdryers but it was well done.

That is a lovely build. Thanks for the video.

...what can I say... AMAZING!!!!!!! THANKS A LOT TO MAKE MY LIVE HAPPIER!! I'll share the video. It's a must to see it. Great job!!

What an amazing build, very impressive .

Clever stuff 😉. That was a nice GT750M that came into shot too.

That is a beautifully done build. Looks like it was meant to be. Lots of non-Lambretta RZ350 and RZV500 stuff on my channel. Thanks for posting this one.

I am not a religious man but, Oh my God that is cool. Anything with Yamaha speedblocks looks fantastic but that is next level.Love your R1 as well but the scooter is just beautiful

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

Sanj owns the lovely R1, I was on the old gixxer 😅

The man definitely has talent to build that in he’s shed.. I was with Sanj a couple of weeks ago when we saw this scooter 🛵. Having seen it in the flesh it’s truly amazing 🤩.

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

I also couldn’t believe the short time frame he finished it in too 😦

@johndickens5370

Жыл бұрын

@@stoneautomotive I must admit I’m a big fan of the two stroke Yamaha’s but I never thought I’d see a 350 Scooter🛵

@stoneautomotive

Жыл бұрын

@@johndickens5370 same 😅

Such a neat installation, beautiful just to look at

it looks so wonderful manafactured

Lovely conversion.

That scooter amazing, work of art,

Incredible thanks for sharing 👍

what a smart job , the attention to detail is spectacular.

Well done Kevin has to be up there with the best .hours of work certainly worth it once again well done

Amazingly made so neat and tidy too!