On Saturday we drove to the season final in Aachen. Our bgm Lambretta was with us too. Since 2009 there is always a great season opening and final. Despite the horrible weather forecast there were around 150 scooterists in Aachen. Meeting point was the usual parking space near the belgian border.
From here it is only 2 miles to the border from where our 60 Km tour started.
We did a little stop after half way at the American Cemetery Henry Chapel in order to check everything and had a little break.
After the break we set off to Aachen again where we had the chance to call it a day with bbq and drinks.
The Scooter Team says thanks and is looking forward to participating at the 5th season opening in Aachen 2013.
A nice video with great impression below:
One day after our Classic Day the season final in Dusseldorf took place. Since the first ride was really good already, we did not want to miss that one despite all the preparations for our own season finale the day before. Said and done. Sunday morning we started at 9.30 clock with our bgm Lambretta heading towards the “forbidden city”. The journey went faster than expected thanks to our Lammy and we were even the first to arrive in the Old Town of Dusseldorf.
Here we had the opportunity for a nice meet and greet. Serving local press was also there and the passers-by and tourists were amazed to see so classic scooters in Düsseldorf’s Old Town.
The tour started from the Castle Square then to rural areas of Düsseldorf. After about 50 Km tour we finished at a nice beer garden in order to call it a day.
The Scooter Center team says thank you and we are looking forward to the next tour organised by the Düsselvespen.
The second Fallrace took place on the 29th of September 2012 in Rechnitz/Austria.
As part of the long stretch next tendurance championship, the fall race is the final of the season after the Springrace and the Endurance Race in Hungary.
On Friday it was possible to practice all day on the Speed Arena racetrack.
Enough time to get to know the asphalt conditions and to test the new BGM- shocks.
Our race vehicle was once again our proven PK, with which we have been to some endurance races already.
Equipped with Polini Evo, Strohspeed Intake, BGM-Crank and Big Bertha, we had reliable 24hp and 20Nmfor the upcoming 11h race available.
The only 970m long track with 16 turns with alternating fast and slow passages was extremely demanding. Drivers and material were brought to the limits, a fact that we have experienced in the later course of the race.
For the entire race weekend, the weather forecast had promised lots of sun, and above all no rain.
After the rain-slicked roads in Hungary and Magny Cours, a real treat for the season finale – we thought …
The Saturday morning was initially starting with few clouds and the anticipation to start at the sunrise was huge.
After the driver and the vehicle was ready and the pit lane was set up,
we were all looking forward to the Le Mants-Start at 7:30 am.
Started from grid position 11, we were able to move forward to 3rd position with the help of a tire gamble when rain started to fall.
There were many exciting battles and frequent change of position not only in the front rows.
Unfortunately, our dreams were destroyedn 3 hours before the race ended.
The brake pads gave up after 8 hours race and had to be replaced.
This unwanted stop took about 8 minutes, which made us drop from 3rd to 5th place. With 2 laps behind we started our comeback again.
Despite all attempts we could not reach one of the podium positions. We decided half an hour before the race ended, to just safely and without falling finish the race safely and ended up after the 11 hours and 532 laps on position 5.
In retrospect, we can say that it was the most exciting race weekend and a successful final to this year’s season.
We thank all those who work in the organization and realization of this series.
Thanks to our sponsor Scooter Center and everyone who supported us during the 2012 season.
See you on the track in 2013!
Dates for the Spring– and Fallrace are already set…
Dennis, Alex, Robert, Torsten
On Saturday our Classic Day started at our premises in Glessen near Cologne. The weather was on our side this time and we could all enjoy the day. There was something going on throughout the day and there were about 120 people coming on theirs Vespas and Lambrettas.
In addition to our parts market, where there one could find the first bargain hunters quite early, our shop was open until 4pm. Shopping was quite busy due to our 10% promotion.
Our dyno was in use as well. Best scoot was a Vespa Smallframe with 37 hp!!!
The Scooter Center Team says a big thanks for an outstanding day. Weather, people, scooters and atmosphere – everything was great. We are proud to support scooterists around the globe for 20 years now and are looking forward to the next 20 years.
On 21st and 22nd September the Scootentole season final race took place at the Magny Cours racetrack.
The Scootentole series consists of 3 race and became quite popular among the ESC drivers.
After the last races of the ESC in Hungary were dominated by heavy rain, we had hoped for a nice, warm weekend.
Unfortunately, the Friday practice in Magny Cours had to be completed in rain as well.
So best choice was the Sava Monsun rain tyre.
As the rain got even heavier on Friday night, all our hopes for a dry race on Saturday were gone. Even the cautiously optimistic online bettingweather service could not really brighten our mood.
On Saturday we were surprised by a drying track which made it possible to drive the first free practice and qualifying.
With the Sava tyres the rather slippery path could be mastered quite well. Nevertheless, the top times were still at 1:10, and once the water vanished from the track, Maik Persch (ESC175) could set the best lap at 1:08.
It remained dry throughout the day, so it was not a hectique tyre change from dry to wet tyres.
So on Saturday we could easily use the Sava Super Soft tyre for the front wheel and the Soft one for the rear.
On these tyres, and despite a very significant departure just followed by a hanging throttle slide, Maik Persch (this year’s champion of the ESC) could win the overall victory in the class C3.
The award ceremony took place in usual high spirits. A nice food buffet, followed by raffle rounded up a nice end to the day.
…and in the paddock the season final was also celebrated sufficiently, the “K8 pub bar class” of the ESC is racing series comprehensive :-)
2012 was a special year, because this year for the first time started the ESC Endurance. In this Long Distance Championship, unlike regular ESC Cup sprint races, teams drive up to 6 hours at a stretch for the win. The Scooter Center Cologne sent the GSF SCK Endurance Team (Andreas Putz, Michael, “maniac” Betz) into the race, which already did a great run during the 24 hour race in Spain and then won one famous triple victory (fastest lap, class victory, total victory).
With correspondingly high expectations about the team went to the first endurance race in Liedolsheim Run’n’Race organized by the under the Stone Heads SC. The team was able to enter the race without any major problems in first place. After the Endurance Run in Wackersdorf had to be canceled due to modest weather, the race at the Harzring track was on the plan, which was organized by Wotox SC. The weather had been mixed, and we experienced a nasty departure, which let us finish the race beyond the podium positions. After some work on our racing machine, the rpm Scootering, metal fight in Belleben was on the plan, which was completed in second despite a leaky head, leaky exhaust flange and a cracked reed valve. Cursed with these defects, the engine deserved a complete overhaul. Thanks to this extra work the engine lasted all races of the season including the 24h race unrevised. With the newly revised work unit, we met for the season finale at the ‘Holidays in Hungary’, which was organized by the GOA SC. At the beginning of the race we were still on a hard-fought first place, but we lost valuable time due to a brake defect and an unreliable spark plug. Equipped with a strategic desire to win and with fantastic weather, we secured second place in Hungary, which has brought us the victory to win the first place in the ESC Endurance Championship!
At this point, many thanks to our guest drivers Benedikt Neuberger, Robert Leibfarth und Jens Fischer…Great work guys, another job well done!
After 2 weeks the Scooter Center van finally returned from the UK road trip. Last stop was the Mersea Island rally which was celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Here again, we have taken the chance to show our new bgm products along with our Generation XI and our bgm testbike.
It was a great trip to the UK and we have met many like-minded people and did have some inspiring converstaions. It was good to see that our products and our 2 scooters were acknowledged abroad. The Scooter Center team say thank you to everyone involved and we are really looking forward to meet you again in 2013. Scoot safe.
Last weekend we have been to the Duisburg Meiderich Rally. Great weather with lots of sunshine were just 2 reasons why nearly 160 scooterist came to the Rhur Urban Area. We started our tour at our Shop in Bergheim near Cologne. Next stop was the old town of Düsseldorf where we met a few of the local scooterists from the Düsselvespen . Here you can find a Video of the departure in Düsseldorf.
The location was great. A big meadow with plenty of space for scooters and tents.
A Nighter room was there as well which was decorated in classic atmosphere. Good music and plenty of drinks rounded it all up.
In the afternoon a ridout through the suburbs of Duisburg was organised. With 160 scooterists it was a really fantastic rideout which everyone enjoyed. A special was crossing the river Rhine by ferry. But due to the amount of scooterists the ferry had to take 3 turns to get everyone on the other side. :-)
It was a really great event and we are looking forward to next year to see you all again at the Meidericher SC rideout.
A few days before we started to the Isle of Wight and Mersae Island scooter Rallys we have lost the GENERATION XI engine cover. Damn! An airbrushed engine cover for our 20th anniversary shop demonstrator project.
Not a very nice feeling to have this lost while the little racer was thrashed thru open country roads. Especially as we had it registered for the Customshow at the Isle of Wight. But with the building of the GENEARTION XI in record time earlier this year and wth the reputation of being Germany’s fastest mail order specialist for scooter spare and tuning parts, we were surethat we can manage it to get it back.
First of all we called Pfeili who did the marvellous paint job. He said no problem, send it over. To save time with sending things around, we asked another friend there in Austria. And our mate Stoffi brought a side cover over to Pfeili’s paint shop.
This morning the freshly brushed side cover turned up here at SCOOTER CENTER. Thanks to long year’s customer and well known face in the Scooter Scene Christian the side cover is now on it’s way to Aachen. From there it will head forward to the Isle of Wight! Some times things can’t work out better!
THANKS PFEILI, THANKS STOFFI and THANKS CHRISTIAN!!!
The Scooter Center Team is on the way to the Isle of Wight Scooter Rally. Every August, thousands of vintage scooters (and their owners!) enjoy a the Isle of Wight National Scooter Rally. It’s quite a sight to see when they all come over on the ferries and pour into Ryde, where the rally weekend is based. From Ryde, the scooters ride out around the island… wherever you are on the Isle of Wight that weekend you are likely to come across at least a few of these classic scooters! We have our SCK Demonstrator and our bgm Testbike with us and some chosen products like the bgm PRO SC shock absorber, the bgm ignition plate and the new bgm CDI. Dont forget to book your test ride. Simply write us an Email to:
info@bgm-tuning.com
Everything is packed and we are now ready to go. After the Isle of Wight run we are moving on to the Mersea Island Rally. This year the Mersea Island Rally is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. We are looking forward to meet you on the ground. The Scooter Center Team wishes everyone some great days. Be there or be square.
Finally the new Qattrini C1 Smallframe Engine Casings are available.
For all tuning scooterists out there a must-have.
In the past few years the Smallframe tuning become more and more versile.
Smallframe engines with more than 40hp are no longer unique nowadays. The original Piaggio engine casings were produced for power around 10hp. The power given through cylinder kits like Parmakit, Falc or Qattrini are just too much for the original casings.
Quattrini has met demands and developed a very sophisticated engine housing..
We are going to show you the new features below.
The first eye-catching feature is the adapter for a mechanical water pump to install water-cooled cylinders.
If you make use of the classical forced air cooling, Quattrini also included an aluminum plug to close the bore of the pump.
The area around the floating ports and the cylinder base is made considerably more massive in order to prevent casing failure or cracks.
Quattrini already spindled the cylinder base to 64.8 mm diameter and 17.5 mm deep.
Including a range up to 21mm deep, which is suitable for the original spindled cylinder base diameter.
The area around the engine mount is adjusted so that you can use Tyres in the dimension of 3.50×10.
To compensate the weakening of the engine mount through the heel, this was reinforced with 4 solid ribs.
The two housing halves are connected with two centre pins and M6 screws, which will prevent the mounting with separate nuts. Because of the cast membrane and the lack of box centered on the crankcase cover gasket also eliminates the paper based engine seal. Common practice today is to use sealant in order to put the engine together sealant. We recommend from experience Dirko HT.
Condition as supplied to customers the casings are ready to use with direct intake cylinders. Additionally Quattrini also designed a box for all friends of membrane intake.
The connection to the crankcase must be machined if required, however, on its own power out.
Unfortunately, until now it is not absolutely clear which membrane can be used.
Therefore, we have already taken care of a solution and started to adjust aRD350 and V-Force³ Membrane.
Regarding the gear shift Quattrini stayed with the good old 2 cable technique.
The heart of the whole new design is based on the 48mm broadend crank shaft with 51mm rod.
This measure ensures that the press dimension of crank pin increases significantly
and the crankshaft is turning resistance in terms of not to being twisted.
The high quality 102mm conrod round off the overall good impression. The dimension of the center crankshaft bearing and cylinder base sealing is 69mm and is thus provided for the use of 102mm connecting rod.
As crankshaft bearings we are using 6304TN9C4 on both sides.
It is also conceivable to mount a NU205 on the generator side, but we do not recommend it.
The crankcase is additionally sealed with 2 oil seals from both sides with the dimensions 20x35x7. Here we can offer youseals in good old FPM-Quality.
Depending on the ignition used for this engine, a whole for the cable set must be made in the dynamo casing.
The air channel has been changed already for the use of Race Exhaust.
After the spectacular performance of the Quattrini engine casings at the start of the ESC season in Mirecourt, we are curious to see who is using them first.
This year the annual Euro Lambretta took place in Wachtebeke near Gent in Belgium. The venue was an island in the middle of a pond. It was absolutely fantastic.
Around 1.200 scooterists came to the event and made it a really special weekend. The program was well organized and there were many ride outs which we all enjoyed a lot.
We brought our bgm test bike and our 20th Anniversary shop demonstrator with us. Everyone had the opportunity to test our new designed bgm Lambretta with 22.5hp. We also offered spare parts from our shop.
It was a really great event and the Scooter Center team really enjoyed it. We hope to see you all next year at the Euro Lambretta in Avignon, France.
(Fotos: Yoleila)
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