Although there wasn’t really a plethora of brand-new stuff to excite us classic scooter nuts at EICMA last week, there was still a fairly good presence of parts and accessories.
Here’s a round-up of some of the bits and pieces you’ll be able to buy next year. We’ve included galleries of most brands so be sure to flick through the photos.
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N.I.S.A. Seats
This Italian company are no stranger to ScooterLab, we featured them way back in 2018 (you can read about them here)
Showing for the first time at the prestigious Italian event, N.I.S.A had an impressive stand showing a fine selection of their handmade saddles. They’ve recently been working with Italjet to design a custom seat for the Malossi race scooters, they should be available for new Dragster owners to buy soon. They’ve also got plenty of Lambretta and Vespa seats to choose from.
In Great Britain, VE (UK) stock and distribute N.I.S.A.
Custom GTS
N.I.S.A. were also showing off their custom GTS seats, buyers can specify certain colours and finishes when ordering if they wish. The tasty custom GTS on the stand was built by an Austrian dealer, Sqooter.com
CIF
Italian parts and accessories wholesaler, manufacturer and distributor, CIF have been in business since the golden years of scooters. Initially specialising in gears, they now boast a huge and varied collection of scooter parts. They’re most well-known outside of Italy for their ‘Carbone Look’ brand. The CIF stand always features some eye-catching classic scooters – check out the tyres on the ice racer in the gallery above. I wouldn’t fancy being the person who had to drill all those holes!
You can find CIF parts in the UK at VE UK (or their dealers), or from Scooter Center and SIP in Germany.
Parmakit – cylinder replating
Specialising in smallframe tuning parts (as well as motors for paragliders), Parmakit also design and manufacture aluminium cylinders. However, one of the services that may well interest our readers is their in-house cylinder replating service. This gives an alternative to Lancourt in the UK. Turnaround on a cylinder is 15 days.
Parmakit endurance race scooters took centre stage on their stand and looked pretty trick. No doubt UK-based racers and road riders will be sporting wings before too long, especially if SLUK decide to make some…
Gori
Now owned by Pinasco, the Gori display showed off the final production version of their new Gori Lambretta seat. It’s been revamped and improved from the original Gori seat design and looked great up close.
Their Lambretta split tubeless rims are also production-ready now and the cast iron Gori cylinder kits are being tweaked and improved. You can find Gori here.
Pinasco
Showing off a number of new items (see video above) Pinasco had their “Plug and play” 244 60mm and 252 62mm cylinder kits on display. They’ll be available in the next month or so from Pinasco dealers. They also have a larger bore 260cc version of their 251 kit, as well as the new smallframe 251 engine (we did a feature on this kit a while back).
From 2024, rather than having to buy a package of kit, casings, crank, ignition etc. the cylinder kits will be available to buy on their own, giving you a choice of which components to use in your engine build.
Also new from Pinasco, is a low, race-style Vespa seat and the Pinasco clutch cover negates the need to machine an original clutch cover when fitting a Bull (or other beefy) clutch.
Shock absorber
Arriving in a few months will be the brand new fully adjustable Pinasco front shock absorber for small and large frame Vespa, it looks pretty cool.
Pinasco Eureka
A converted Vespa 50 Special sat on a rolling road to demonstrate the Eureka electric kit from Pinasco. Using the original engine means the rider can change gear in the usual way using clutch and twistgrip, giving a greater sense of riding a ‘proper’ scooter.
More info on the full Pinasco range can be found here, or contact your local Pinasco dealer.
Dellorto
With a beautiful Faro Basso taking centre stage on the Dellorto stand it showed the company are still very interested in us two stroke abusers.
After Covid we had supply issues for Dellorto carbs in the UK and there were rumours that they’d not be available again. That’s not the case though, I asked the lady if that was now sorted and she assured us they’re still producing our beloved carburettors. They’re available in the UK from EuroCarb, all popular sizes, parts and jets are in stock again.
Sticker stash
Modern ‘Smart carbs’ were also on display as well as plenty of stickers, I found myself drawn to the sticker counter on numerous occasions so have some swaps available. The Italians haven’t pandered to political correctness yet, so most exhibitors had scantily dressed ladies (and occasionally men) helping to promote their wares.
Malossi
This Italian tuning house always has a large profile at EICMA and this year was no different. For Vespa fans though there was nothing new on the stand, unfortunately (although the Malossi liveried Vespas were on display).
Red Head
They were showing off their Malossi Cup Italjet Dragster and a TMAX but the only real new product was a new red headed Big Bore MHR kit. The ‘Testa Rossa’ 70 and 94cc race cylinder is for the Piaggio Zip (as well as Minarelli and Derbi engines). Find more Malossi info here or speak to your local distributor.
Polini
Another Italian tuning house with a rich history are Polini. Their stand had some tasty Polini-themed Vespas on display. They’ve also got a new cast iron Vespa 125cc kit. The 58mm Polini Evolution has six transfer ports and the aluminium head has been designed with extra fins on the underside to help dissipate heat.
RCB
Malaysian firm, RCB were showing at EICMA for the first time and had a Vespa GTS on display, the scooter featured their new VR Series multi-adjustable shock absorbers. According to the press release they’ve been “Tested and proven on the tracks of the Petronas Cub Prix Championship.” The scooter also featured their SP500 rims which use “Hollow Tech technology” to increase structural strength, which is achieved through “Meticulous material engineering and T6 heat treatment, the SP500 sets a new performance benchmark.”
RCB were originally known as ‘Racing Boy’ and have been around since 1998, they rebranded as RCB in 2013 and have quite a large catalogue of aftermarket brake parts, shocks, grips and other accessories so expect more scooter parts to follow.
MotoLux
One for the kids (and grandchildren), these electric scooters from Turkish firm MotoLux caught my eye. Based loosely on the design of the iconic Vespa 98, these scooters come in two different sizes and look pretty cool. They don’t appear on the company website yet but we’ll have some more information on them soon.
