End of LML Vespa license production from India
LML is Piaggio's partner in India. LML models were manufactured in India under Piaggio license and also launched on the market in Europe. The company has been up and down in recent years. Now the company, which has recently run into problems, is finally insolvent. LML employs around 2,000 people and the insolvency deadline expired on February 24, but negotiations continued until last week but failed. LML had failed to keep pace with technology in a changing market environment, with the result that its product range was increasingly outdated. For traditional scooter fans, however, it was the only company still producing a two-stroke scooter with a 4-speed gearbox, after Piaggio itself had previously discontinued production of the scooter of the 80s and 90s: the
Vespa PX.
The original from Italy since 1977
The Vespa PX was launched in Milan in 1977 as the
Nuova Linea presented in Milan. The Vespa PX was no longer marketed in Italy between 1988 and 1994, but it continued to be a fixture on foreign markets such as Germany. It was available with 125, 150 and 200 cc and, especially for Germany, also as the PX 80. With the model update in 1994, it was also marketed as the
Vespa Classic with visual changes to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vespa. Then in 1998, with a thorough overhaul for the 20th anniversary of the model, disc brakes were introduced at the front, in 1999 it was given an unregulated catalytic converter and in 2001 the headlight, rear light, speedometer, cascade and indicators were modified.
2011 - the resurrection of the cult scooter
In 2008, production was discontinued and the last models were sold as the Ultima series in a limited edition of 1,000 units (with windshield, a chrome rear luggage rack, chrome rims with whitewall tires). Nevertheless, the Vespa PX returned in 2011 in almost unchanged form: only the engines available with 125 and 150 cm³ were adapted to the Euro 3 emissions standard, which is now mandatory for new registrations. The background to this resurrection was probably the great success of the LML Star 125, which was identical to the PX and imported to Europe under license.
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2017 Final end of the Vespa PX:
With the introduction of the Euro 4 emissions standard for two-wheelers on 1. January 2017, Piaggio discontinued the PX 125 and PX 150 series at the end of 2016. With the end of LML, this legendary scooter model is finally over. But you can still build them yourself with our
LML frame set!
What about spare parts now?
We would have loved to continue selling many disc brakes, engines and frame parts from LML in the future!But we have already pointed out the production stop at LML for
2-stroke engines. Some owners have been struggling for a while to get certain spare parts for their LMLs. If you own one of the later automatic models, or the 4-stroke engines, the engine parts will be harder to come by. If you have an LML Star with a 2-stroke engine and 4-speed gearbox, the parts are largely compatible with the
Vespa PX parts. However, it seems that Vespa riders also like to fall back on LML parts: For example, you can get a complete engine for a Vespa PX for less than 1,000 euros or a top
engine housing for your Vespa for less than 250 euros, which is ideal as the basis for a new Vespa engine rebuild with, for example, the bgm 177
cylinder for Vespa...
Our tip: Strike while the parts are still available, gone is gone and won't come back... e.g. very popular, for example, are
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