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The new Lambretta twin engine from Casa Performance with its creators Mickey and Lorenzo at Rimini Lambretta Centre

What’s inside? Casa Performance Lambretta Twin Details & NAMING COMPETITION

Give their baby a name and win €200! By now, everyone not living in the depths of Borneo will be aware of the new Casa Performance Twin engine. Social media was awash with live coverage of the first public running of their prototype engine as a highlight of Scooter Center’s…

iggy-grainger8 September 2022

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EU legal action on LAMBRETTA trademark | NEWS

UPDATED DECEMBER 2025 Those of you who love Lambretta scooters and read SLUK will be well aware of preparations by Lambretta Consortium (now referred to as Innocenti SA on Lambretta.com) to release new Lambretta-branded scooters this year. The Lambretta Consortium, as they were previously named, are backed by Dutch Trademark firm…

brendan3 April 2017

Capstan & Bunsen, two mythical characters that represent ScooterLab. Capstan is the smoking beagle. he rides in the sidecar, Bunsen is the scooter riding monkey. Both escaped the facility in 2016 after being used for others experimental gain.

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The story behind Capstan & Bunsen | EDITORIAL

We’ve had a few enquiries about the origins of our monkey and dog logo on SLUK. Well, it turns out Capstan and Bunsen have an interesting back-story… Chapter 1 – Planning the Great Escape “Vaping is for poodles” growled Capstan as he pushed the king a square to the left…

Rory McIntosh6 September 2016