Dick's Lambretta adventures - DooVLA send some info! (ish)

[MrBig]

On 19/08/2025 at 14:27, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Hang on in there, in that case. Give it a couple more weeks - you never know. 

Ha! Guess what landed on the doormat this morning...

 

 

 

 

 

Thats right, a thick wodge of poorly photocopied V5s with details redacted 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

36 minutes ago, MrBig said:

Ha! Guess what landed on the doormat this morning...

 

 

 

 

 

Thats right, a thick wodge of poorly photocopied V5s with details redacted 

Result! Did they lose half of it, like they did with my Lambretta, or was it mostly there?!

[MrBig]

6 hours ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Result! Did they lose half of it, like they did with my Lambretta, or was it mostly there?!

It’s all there, although I can’t read a lot of it. Just wish I’d done it years ago to get the addresses of previous owners. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Annnd sold. End of an era, I think.

My priorities now lie elsewhere after 25 years of owning and riding both Vespas (briefly) and many Lambrettas. Gutted to make the decision as it's a lovely scooter with a great backstory which I've managed to piece together, but something had to give. 

It's interesting how the market for Lambrettas has changed over the last few years. I've always made a couple of quid on imports I've bought, tidied and then punted on. This UK scooter owed me around £3.6k and that's what I've just sold it for. I bought it as an intended keeper and have owned it and improved it over the last three years. I originally pitched it at £4k - two years ago it would have sold for that, I'm pretty sure. However, it just didn't have the interest I expected at that price and I had to drop the asking in order to move it on. I guess I was just out of season with it - maybe next spring would have netted me the £4k I felt it was worth. 

Looking at the bigger picture, many classics seem to continue to struggle to command prices from a couple of years ago thanks to the uncertainty with the current economic climate. Original scooter fans and owners are now fading away too, which also doesn't help with values. 

It'll be interesting to see where values of classics go over the next few years.