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Before starting this project Andy had previously built a Lambretta with a two-stroke KTM 250 EXC engine, which gave out 50bhp and had a race-style paint job. For his new project he wanted a more reliable, rideable and less thirsty scooter, so a GTS 300 engine seemed like the perfect choice.

When he was considering the various options of how he wanted the scooter to look, he was initially going to go down the route of a race dealer-special type theme as he’d always Iiked that style of paintwork. With the basics organised, Andy’s intentions for the engineering and paintwork seemed pretty much finalised; or so he thought. “My plan for the paintwork completely changed

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