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Accessorised Shaft

Fitting genuine, as well as after-market accessories are a way to personalise any vehicle. Scooter manufacturers, along with every other sort of vehicle manufacturer, weren't slow in realising the financial benefits of offering extras. Nor for that matter were entrepreneurial types, who saw there was the potential to cash in with their own items, intended to enhance, embellish and accentuate the appearance as well as functionality with all manner of vastly differing accessories marketed for either specific models, or in some cases more generally for a range of two-wheeled machines. James King owns and rides a 1957 Lambretta LD 150 Mark 3. In the eight years he has owned his shaft drive classic, James has amassed an absolute multitude of genuine and aftermarket accessories and extras, including many rare, hard to find items, which now adorn his stock LD. James is something of an

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