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LAMBRETTA
After focusing on kart production, Gualtiero Ancillotti moved on to Lambretta Innocenti. Florentines will remember the challenges between the Ancillotti Lambretta and the Vespa modified by Gori. Not satisfied with the flattering results achieved, the Ancillottis decided to prepare a "special" Lambretta. On December 2, 1965, the Ancillottis tested a heavily modified Lambretta at Monza: a 175 TV engine increased to 202 c.c. Alberto Ancillotti and Italo Musolino (the second rider), after various tests, achieved the following results: Musolino covered the kilometer from a standing start in 29.7 seconds (equivalent to a speed of 121.212 km/h). Alberto completed the quarter-mile from a standing start in 14.8 seconds (equivalent to a speed of 97.875 km/h). In November 1966, with the famous Lambretta loaded on the roof of a Fiat 600, the Ancillotti brothers headed to Elvington (GB) to set records for speed over a quarter-mile from a standing start (15.129 seconds, average speed 96.500 km/h) and over a kilometer from a standing start (29.343 seconds, average speed 122 km/h). Here are some data from the magazine "Motociclismo": bore 66.4 mm; stroke 58 mm; displacement 202 c.c.; modified distribution diagram; turbulence head with a drop-shaped plan; compression ratio 10.5:1; Dell'Orto SS 35B carburetor; claimed power 28 hp at 8000 rpm; fuel with super gasoline and 6% oil; elaborated and polished flywheels; oversized exhaust diameter; expansion chamber muffler; transmission ratios of the 175 TV; modified fork with two telescopic steering dampers; hand-beaten aluminum sheet fairing (photo). After the records, "transformation kits" were marketed and some "official" Lambretta models of the Ancillotti Team were prepared as "regularity" bikes. Official riders of the Ancillotti Team included Massai, Cozzi, Alberto and Piero Ancillotti. This was the dawn of off-road racing.
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