Tubeless rims for Lambretta and Vespa, part 5 - Victory!

Yeah!!! Finished!!!

Here are some photos as we finished the first of our new batch of Lambretta tubeless rims. Some are white, some silver, some black and will go out to the first customers who pre-ordered while we redid some molds. The rest of you who pre-ordered will be done in turn.

You can see one photo of one mounted as well, looking very nice indeed. (If wondering, the dimple marks are where we spot weld them.)

We've already started the Vespa tubeless rims too, and will post about them next. You can pre-order them right now.

If you recall, in 2006 Scootering Magazine, in their 2nd big review of our tubeless rims, wrote the following:

The ScootRS Vespa tubeless wheel rims are very similar in construction to their Lambretta rims. ... All in all, a snug fit. ... I finished off the testing by riding two-up to Holland for the weekend with no problems to report. ... As it has been suggested previously [about their Lambretta tubeless rims], using tubeless tyres is in theory a major advancement in scooter safety with regards to how they react following a puncture. The rims manufactured by ScootRS appear to do exactly as they say on the tin.

Notice he said “appear to do”!

Now 4 years later the editor of Scootering has written an update for everyone about our tubeless rims he put on his PX200 back in 2006 “to see how they fared”:

Their first trip was on the rear of the scooter when it went two-up to Holland for a custom show soon after the article. Since then it has been to a rally and race-track in France, numerous places in the UK, as well as being used as a commuter scooter and workhorse.

Sometime during all this the tyre emigrated to the front of the scoot, and even after spending six months in the garage without being ridden while I was off enjoying the Vespa GTS, the PX was pushed back into service and the tyre with the ScootRS rim needed barely any air in it.

As such once complete and fitted the ScootRS rim has done exactly what it's meant to.

Good to hear! -Notice this time he didn't say “appear to do,” but rather “has done”?

Seeing we haven't had a single return or problem with the design arise since we came out with our current v.3 tubeless rim 4 years ago, and many nice emails from customers about how they prevented sudden blowouts and accidents, you too can expect our tubeless rims to do “exactly what they're meant to”. They have indisputably been proven on road and track around the world to be safer than regular rims.

What exactly are you waiting for?