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ABOVE: Don Noys on one of his record breaking runs using a modified GT 200 in 1965. LEFT: Francis and Woodhead was one of the first businesses to offer scooter tuning. Later it would change its name to Arthur Francis Ltd and produce the Legendary ‘S Type’ Lambretta.
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The promise of greater speeds was always going to have genuine appeal.
Rebranded the GT 200 by Petter Agg, it not only had sports type perforrmance but sounded like it did too, thank ks to the
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LAMBRETTA & VESPA STREE ET RACERS
name change. Even though it was the most expensive Lambretta to date, that didn’t matter as power hungryy enthusiasts snapped them up. Though sco ooter tuning was still in its infancy it was a manufacturer that probably kic ck-started demand by producing what, in n real terms, was the first sports-orientated d scooter. Arthur Francis, who o had now struck out on his own, was keen to market the machine’s potential by producing the ‘S Type’ Lambretta. Based around the
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GT 200 it would ha ave upgrad des that would allegedly givve a top sp peed approaching 80mp ph, althoug gh this was probably only likelyy when rid ding downhill. As scooters slowlyy became the vehicle of choice for young g adults, th he promise of greater speeds was alwayys going to have genuine appe eal. In the ‘S S Type’, Arthur Fra ancis knew he had a product that would attract cusstomers who wante ed extra performan nce. As a main Lam mbretta dealer,