Italjet
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Lambretta Anyone?
Martin Racing Performance &bull Jan 25, 2012
We've helped more than a few hundred dealers get generic belts, tires, cylinders for Italjet units that were abandoned when the original brand went bust. His brother Alex is the mastermind around the resurgence of the Lambretta brand in Italy.… Full Story »
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New Series I-esqe Lambretta Design
2StrokeBuzz &bull Jan 22, 2012
Scootermercato shared an Italian language article about a new Lambretta design. I like the color and the headlight has been moved to the front of the leg-shield. The angle of the headset and light position likely taunt those passionate Lambrettisti… Full Story »
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MRP your full line scooter parts distributor in the USA
Martin Racing Performance &bull Dec 15, 2011
We have all the top names at wholesale only prices. What do we carry? We carry only the finest in racing parts including Stage6 who makes makes replacement and racing parts for many scooter and mini atv models from manufactures such as: Adly, APEX (quad/atv), Aprilia, CPI, DRR (quad/atv), Eton, Genuine, Gilera, GY6, Honda, Keeway, Kymco, Piaggio, PGO, Sym, Vespa, Yamaha and more. In 2stroke MRP carries a big selection of both Air and Liquid Cooled H20 parts. We carry… Full Story »
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A great article online on the scooter situation in Italy
Martin Racing Performance &bull Nov 30, 2011
A month after the closing of Malaguti this article just popped up online. I used Google Translate to put it up in English below. To correct a couple things from the story that are lost in translation. The title refers to the Good morning Vietnam phrase from the Robin Williams movie, but also to the Malaguti Vietnam 50 or Saigon 50 as it was referred. From 2009 to 2010 the loss increased… Full Story »
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The workers are the first to pay as we kill our manufacturing base
Martin Racing Performance &bull Oct 18, 2011
I didn't know what to call this blog entry maybe Italian manufacturing goes way of Dodo or how a lack of leadership caused this mess? It really comes down to the fact that the workers are the first to pay as we kill the manufacturing base in our industry. The Powersports manufacturing in America and in much of Europe has essentially been killed in the last decade. Many of these jobs have gone to Asia and will never come back.This video just got uploaded and it shows the death of a brand as a manufacturer. A company that lasted three… Full Story »
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Naked Woman on Velocifero a hit in Italy
Martin Racing Performance &bull Oct 8, 2011
You have to give it to Italjet. Back in the late 90s Americans had few choices when it came to European scooters. Before Piaggio came back in 1999 you only had Derbi ( at the time privately owned and imported… Full Story »
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Italjet Scooop The Original Mp3
Martin Racing Performance &bull Oct 5, 2011
http://youtu.be/Sq1njetn5Ck Little known fact is that Italjet the Bolognese company actually came up with the 3 wheeler concept in the early 2000 timeframe, but by 2003 Italjet was closed in Bologna and other companies were rushing to develop their own… Full Story »
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Italjet Dragster with 1 mile from 2005 new in Miami
Martin Racing Performance &bull Aug 15, 2011
http://youtu.be/NyRMOIVn6Cg Italjet Dragster with 1 mile from 2005 new in Miami I just met with the son of the founder of Italjet last week again. We're good friends and we talk from time to time so it was strange to… Full Story »
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Malaguti Moto in Italy to Close Factory. Parts Company to Remain Open.
Martin Racing Performance &bull Jul 6, 2011
Malaguti Moto in Italy has kicked the bucket. The family behind the company is offering the remaining employees 30,000 Euros a piece to retire and leave. The parts company will remain open and there is word that possibly new bikes will come but they will be 100% made… Full Story »
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Just throwing it out there...
2StrokeSmoke &bull Jun 17, 2011
In case anybody is interested, My friend and Hard Luck clubmate Mark Andrews is looking to sell his 2000 m.y. Italjet Formula 125. It's a twist with hub Full Story »
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Malaguti Parts Still available an update on the factory
Martin Racing Performance &bull Jun 16, 2011
MRP will continue to import and sell the Malaguti Scooter range of parts. Malaguti Spa has a new division called Malaguti ricambi which is a parts support company that will operate while the company continues to look for investors. So… Full Story »
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One Engine Maker to Rule them all!
Martin Racing Performance &bull May 16, 2011
If this is any indication of where the Powersports Industry is headed I keep seeing the real "behind the scenes" of the brands. The real money is not in the brand itself, but in production. The most important part of… Full Story »
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The investment voltures have come back, be careful if they call your store.
Martin Racing Performance &bull May 11, 2011
There's a lot people coming into the market for all the wrong reasons. I saw this in 2003, I saw this in 2008, and I'm seeing it again in 2011. Investors come out of nowhere, take up your time and sometimes claim they want to invest in your scooter store, distribution point, or import business and then they don't have the right amount of capital. They want to use someone else to put up the money to make the deal happen. Middle men. They are calling some of my dealers now. Some want to build a nationwide or statewide alliance… Full Story »
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How a $100 million dollar company ends up broke
Martin Racing Performance &bull Apr 29, 2011
Dow Jones is finally reporting on the situation at Malaguti this morning. None of the US distributors have the cash to help re-start the brand. I gave the ex-employees at Malaguti and the Regione Emilia Romagna the contact info for the one company that might buy the 6,000 scooters they have sitting in a warehouse and nobody has done anything. The venture capital people looking at this couldn't get a phone call back so I've pretty much just decided to step away and let the Italian government handle it. I say I have a… Full Story »
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Protests in Italy to keep production open at Malaguti
Martin Racing Performance &bull Apr 23, 2011
This whole thing makes me extremely sad. I wish everyone the best out there and that they can convince the powers that be to give the investors the incentives to keep the factory open and for Malaguti Moto to come under new management. Some of these workers have put 30 years into the factory. I would go as far to say they love the scooters, some of… Full Story »
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Support for Orphaned Brands
Martin Racing Performance &bull Apr 22, 2011
Korean scooter parts? Last we checked were the only distributor with them in stock. Taiwanese SYM? ADLY ATV? United Motors? Italjet? Full Story »
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Sport Zylinder Kit 70ccm LC Aprilia Gulliver Rally, Italjet, KTM, MBK Nitro, Yamaha Aerox, Jog: Amazon.de: Auto & Motorrad
www.amazon.de &bull Apr 12, 2011Dieser Sport Zylinder ist ein 70ccm Grauguszylinder in Erstausrusterqualitat von "CITOMERX" Das Zylinderkit ist mit grosen Uberstromer und einem grosen Auslass ausgestatet, dass diesem Zylinder zu einem Sportkit der oberen Klasse macht.Dieser Kit hat einen Kolben mit 10mm Kolbenbolzen. Die… Full Story »
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How to find the correct part for your Chinese, Korean, or Taiwanese Scooter.
Martin Racing Performance &bull Apr 8, 2011
Finding Scooter Parts is easier than it sounds thanks to Google. How to find the correct part for your Chinese, Korean, or Taiwanese Scooter. This customer needed OEM parts for his scooter, but didn't have a local dealer. He needed… Full Story »
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How to find parts on Google with the PDF Manuals
Martin Racing Performance &bull Apr 7, 2011
Finding Scooter Parts is easier than it sounds thanks to Google.This customer needed OEM parts for his scooter, but didn't have a local dealer. He needed specific original brake pads so we went ahead with the following Steps.Step 1.Looked up… Full Story »
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MIC gets named checked in new Scooter Sales Articles
Martin Racing Performance &bull Mar 24, 2011
I just saw this figure again in an article from the Houston Chronicle from the MIC.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7479413.html The funny thing is I mentioned this at Dealer Expo at our seminar this year how the numbers don't add up the least bit. It was a great moment at the show when I basically put it out there, I never reported to the MIC any of the 10,000 units I imported between 2000-2005. My father never reported any of the vehicles he imported estimated between 4,000 and… Full Story »
