With precious few days left until the holidays, you’ve still got a chance to grab a scooter-themed stocking stuffer for the scooter lover in your life, or, ah hell, who are we kidding, yourself.

Live from Italy’s EICMA auto show, details emerge about the Lambretta Pato 125N. The potential plastic future of the design classic. Click on inside for photos and what we know right now.

Details are scant on this vintage – except the price $3800, and the location, Fort Greene – but judging from the (as usual) fuzzy CraigsList pictures, it looks like a nice scoot.

Well here am I saying these babies don’t turn up very often and wouldn’t you know it, now there’s a rash of Lambrettas making their overdue appearance on CraigsList.

At NYCS we thought it was high time we addressed the subject of the infamous “Viet-bodge.” A term commonly used to describe a poorly restored scooter that has originated from S.E. Asia.

Nice to see a Lammy on CL. They don’t come around very often here in the US let alone NYC. This one is appropriately priced a $4500 making her more of a collectors item than a daily runner, but if you’ve been itching to get your hands on one of these classics, here’s your chance.

The 1967 Lambretta Li150 series 3 ridden by Jimmy the Mod (AKA actor Phil Daniels) has just been sold for the princely sum of 36,000 pounds sterling at UK auction house Bonhams.

According to the poster, it is suffering some rust damage, but only superficially. All in all though, it looks like a very nice scoot. Let us know if you’re lucky enough to get to see it in person. Also of note is that it’s of Brazilian origin.

I can tell you from personal experience that the reason I run around on a modern Vespa is because I used to do it on a vintage Lambretta. And that wasn’t for show, it was my primary mode of transportation and therein lay my mistake. 9 times out of 10 my bike was either in the shop or the garage for a tinkering. Now admittedly, the bike had “problems.”
My policy moving forward? A modern scoot for the day-to-day, a vintage for weekend glamor.
If, however, you’re a vintage newbie and you’ve …

It’s never been easy to pick up a Lambretta here in the US, but you can be sure of one thing. Those that are here have been lovingly cared for. Spotting one in the Big Apple is always a thrill.

So what to do you do if you want to satisfy some of your lust but not break your bank account, or your relationship as you spend the next two years knee deep in the garage bringing the ultimate scooter back to life from mail-ordered spares and a rusty shell?

Buy the watch.