Test: LML Star 150 4T

• Video: With LML in Ljubljana

No, these are not antiques. Not even Vespa, but its Indian copy, which actually became the original. Because the hair is like the original Italian model. Similar? Well, it has a four-stroke engine, so you don't have to waste time finding the right fuel to oil ratio so that the exhaust does not smoke like a steamboat. And there is a disc brake on the front wheel. Yes, and an electric starter, which is too weak to spice up a four-stroke single-cylinder engine because sometimes it turns and sometimes it doesn't (there is no such problem with a two-stroke engine). With a kick, everything, without exception, lights up the first time, in the cold with the help of a throttle found under the seat, somewhere between the legs.

Squeeze the clutch lever, turn your left wrist back - KLENK - and turn it off. When you hold the throttle in fourth gear all the way, it goes with a hundred. So, enough for the Ljubljana ring road, although buying a vignette for this rattle is probably not justified. How do you drive? Looking at a scooter that has already tried various Beverlys, Sportcities and X-Max, it sucks. Why bother - decades must be known somewhere, otherwise we will unjustifiably offend the mentioned modern scooters. The LML is slightly to the right, at high speeds the steering is dangerously light (poor directional stability), and the biggest nightmares are wheels, potholes and turns. After about two hundred kilometers, I still did not know how much I could tilt it on the ring Medvod without falling to the ground. Brakes? Even this coil is not god knows what.

The star is not about performance or superb handling, let alone winning the Nobel Prize for Safety Achievement. ... The trick is that in 2011 everything was as it once was. With its pros and cons.

For the hippies, nostalgic, and anyone stumbling upon the (good) old days, but at the same time, you don't have the time or inclination to overhaul the rusty pile of sheet metal in the corner of the garage.

Face to face - Matjaz Tomajic

I have fond memories of the original. Eight Trojan donuts are placed in a box in front of the knees, the left hand hurts in the city, after a long drive it still burns the “ass”. The LML Star is even better than the original, but unfortunately its ride quality and usability have remained on par with the 80s compared to today's scooters. If it doesn't bother you, there's no reason not to have it. Good examples of “PX's” are as rare as innocent brides, and LML is new.

LML Star 150 4T

Test car price: € 2.980.

Technical information

engine: one-cylinder, four-stroke, two-valve, 150 cm3.

Maximum power: 6 kW (75 km) at 9 rpm

Maximum torque: 11 Nm @ 54 rpm

Energy transfer: 4-speed manual transmission.

Frame: extruded sheet metal with additional tubular construction.

brakes: front coil? 200 mm rear drum? 150 mm.

Suspension: front swingarm, shock absorber, rear engine like swingarm, shock absorber.

Tires: 3.50-10 (front and back).

Seat height from ground: 820 mm.

Fuel tank: 6, 5 l.

Wheelbase: 1.235 mm.

Weight: 121 kg.

Representative: LRS, doo, Stegne 3, Ljubljana, 041 / 618-982, www.classicscooter.si.

THANK YOU

image

eternal form

reliable ignition of the engine

(with kick start)

large box in front of the knees

big seat

just flawless workmanship

fuel consumption

GRADJAMO

weak electric starter

driving performance, directional (non) stability

switches

there is no room under the seat

windshield protection

brakes

text: Matevž Gribar photo: Aleš Pavletič