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INNOCENTI1) moter division
ft is our Pleasure to congratulate you on your choice of a LAMBRETTA
Special X 200 — our matchime for the ambitions. Your preference for thes
machine encourages us to test you as a specialijt — 4 super sportiman a
connoiitexr in the field of stootering.
You have always hoped for perfection im performance. We have achieved it with
the introdwetion of the LAMBRETTA Special X 200 Year of research and
application of the moss rigowrows tests hove produced this machine which com
Finer speed with safety, power with comfort,
The standard of efficiency of the LAMBRETTA Special X 200 auc been set
at a peak. We depend on you to maintain thir standard by carefully following
the instructions set aut in thic booklet. Do not deny your machine the cure_and
attention necessary for perfect scootering, We have created a network of 2
ced Lambretta Sereice Agents im this country and throughour the wll
now hesitate to take advantage of the shill and expert knowledre of thew,
personnel wha are fully cquipped to assist and guide you.
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[ambretia Special X 200IDENTIFICATION
OF THE SCOOTER
The frame and engine numigers,
which serve to identify) Jour
in accordance'ys
and Regulatio
and 2. These numbers
peated on fog-book, an
always be quoted when
ing spare parts, oF 3KEYS
The sets of keys supplied with
your scooter are for the main
light switch in the centre of the
handlebar facing the driver, see
fig. 3, for the steering lock fitted
under the left hand of the hand:
febar and for the luggage box
situated in the central front rib
of the frame (fig. 4). Each key
has a number stamped on it and
the same number is stamped on
the lock or switch itself, so that
in the case of loss, a rempla
cement can be obtained by
quoting the appropriate number.
Fig. 3
Fig. 4Clutch lever Speedometer
Gear change twist gra Head lamo switch
Main switch Trottle twist gri
Starring lack q Front brake fever
Choke :
Fuel cock
Kick start pedal // Rear brake pedal
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CONTROLS
Fig. 5. Shows the controls on your scooter. They are: y sOn the handlebar
Right hand: front brake lever, throttle twist grip and head-lamp beam switch with
horn button,
Left hand: Clutch contro! lever and gear change control.
Centre:
on top: speedometer and head-lamp:
facing driver: main switch and steering lock.
The main switch key has five positions; clockwise:
— pilot light, speedometer light and rear light on when used for parking;
— (key vertical) machine at standstill - lights out;
— day riding-lights out;
— night riding (in town) - pilot light, speedometer light and rear light on;
— night riding {in country areas) - headlamp, speedometer light and rear light on.
The headlamp beam switch, with horn button, is fitted near to the light nf twist
grip. i‘
In the first two positions to the left, the key can be extracted from r leh.
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Under left hand handlebar arm: steering lock. \
To use steering lock, turn handlebar full lock to either o flett SRP A o\n.com
half @ turn,
On the footboard
Right hand side: Rear brake pedal1. Closed
2, Open
3, Riserva
‘On the central frame rib under the front part of saddle =
‘On Let hand side: 3-way fuel tap (open, reserve, closed) see fig. 6. A
tank contains a total of 1.6 galls. (8,1 Lt) of fuel. When riding, tap shou’
open position, and when you have to switch to reserve you still SEm@ot)
(0.8 It) available (in other words a further 20 miles approximately), |
On Right hand side: start control. Turn start control lever 180° clockwise
‘only when starting on a cold engine). Return to original positions as 4
engine is running steadily
When machine is at stand-still. it is advisable to turn tap to closed aiQn right hand side of machine
Kickstart pedal. Before kick ting, ensure that gear is in neutral, insert key into
main switch, turning in to position 3.
SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS
During running-in period
(first 1000 miles) keep strictly to the following rules:
— do not exceed the following speeds:
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— do not maintain these speeds for long periods; Al
— do not climb hills on full throttle; :
— do not accelerate at full throttle; f i
— lake great care not to overheat your engine; seo! Ip.com
— take great care to have your machine fully serviced, as per the so) ge
dule, at the correct time by one of the authorized service agent
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Remember that the life of your scooter depends entirely on the running ft
dule being properly maintained.Fuel - Fuel tank
sing on rear port
fig. 7);
— lift saddle forward and open
Jon frame rib, (see fig. 8)
The tank conta
galls. of which 1 '
(for the
of 1.9
pints reserve
el tap, see page 7)
Wheels.
Tires 3.5-10
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Pressure: front 12 Ibs per sq. inch (0.9 kg/sq.cm); rear 18 Ibs per sq. ineRot 25
kg’st
rider
m) with rider only: rear 32 ibs per sq. inch (2.25 kg/sq.cm) with billionWheels ar
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(see pag. 14
interchangeable
¢. litt machine on its
necessary tools will
the luggage box
To dismantle the front wheel:
unserew the four é nuts
fixing rim to hub (care must
be taken not to unscrew the
ather nuts)
unscrew the two nuts hold.
ing hub to trailing links
slip wheel from links and
hub, faking care nol to pinch
or bend the front fake and
speedometor drive \cables.
To dismantle the rear wheel:
fit the wheel lift stand, supplied in kit, to the lug on crankcase! |MiMlilfig. 9)
— unscrew the four dome nuts and slip whee! from hub, scootethelp.com
To dismantle tire from rims: 4
dismantic wheel (a5 above)
— ensure that tire is deflated
— unscrew the four nuts holding
rims: iBrakes:
Ensure that the brakes are kept
regularly adjusted so that the
wheel is completely free to ro-
tate, but the braking elfect beg-
ins, immediately the lever or pe-
dal is used. Adjustment is car-
ried out by means of two adju-
sters (see fig. 10 and 11).r, fuse
Should the lights not function
ming the main switch
key fo the first pos the
left. and pressing the foot brake.
check that the fuse has not
blown. If so, replace and check
Fig. 12 Fig. 13 for the cause.ol the sH@rt circuit
The & A fuse which protects the electrical instalation can be 1
the left hand side pane! and taking off the cover of the box containing
impendence fuse group (fig. 12-13)
Attention - To avoid possible burning up of the lamps, when the engine i ope-
2 rating the lights must net be lighted up if the battery is not reguarly -S#hectedClutch
Fig. 15
Fig. 14 1 = 2 mm equal to 1/16" approx
Keep the clutch constantly adju-
sted, so that it begins to slip
when clutch levers is in the posi-
tion shown on fig. 14, The adjust-
ment is carried out by turning
ter illustrated in fig, 15Headlamp adjustment
Check tire pressures (see
page 9).
Place a vertical screen as
shown in fig. 16.
Put the scooter under the
normal load conditions, = __
Loosen the V screw shown
‘on the headlamp, rotating
it until the upper edge of
the zone illuminated by
the diped beam coincides
with the horizontal line tra-
ced on the screen
Luggage box and tools
The luggage box is moulded into the central frame rib under the fron
dual seat. A pair of keys for this box are supplied with the scooter (500: a 4).
«In the luggage box, a tool kit is supplied consisting of: \y1 double ended box spanner 21 - 14 mm. for the spark plug and wheels nuts:
110 mm. allen spanner for oil plugs;
1 spanner 14 - 27 mm. for rear wheel nut:
1 double ended spanner 8 = 10 mm.;
1 screwdriver;
1 rear wheel lifting stand;
1 points file;
1.4 mm. allen spanner for trunnion grub screws.
‘Starting - Running - Stopping
To start the scooter:
— place on centre stand; A
— ensure that gear is in neutral; “ages
— insert key into main switch and turn to position of day riding (see p!
— open fuel tap (see page 7):
— tum starting control lever - Only when engine is cold (see page of
— keeping throttle to minimum, kick start machine:
— a8 soon as engines it turning over, give slight acceleration to warm uo.
— if the starting control fever has been used, return to original positian.To move off:
— bring machine off its stand;
— with engine ticking over, pull clutch lever and put into 1st gear by rotating
tott twist grip;
— let clutch lever out slowly. accelerating engine gradually to maintain constant
revolutions;
— continue to accelerate until you have reached the correct speed to change
up to a higher gear,
To change gear:
— close throttle;
— pull clutch lever;
— insert noxt gear;
— let clutch lever out slowly, accelerating gradually at the same tit
— Do not hesitate to change down, when wanting to appreciably red
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— close throttle;
— pull clutch lewer:
— put gear into neutral;
% — Cut out engine by turning main switch key to vertical position.PERIODIC MAINTENANCE
Every 4 weeks:
Add distilled water to parking
light battery until water is about
f.* (mm. 5) aver the top of calls.
To do this it is necessary t
take battery out from its seat,
as shown in fig. 17.
Grease battery terminals with
vaseline.
Every 1250 miles (2000 km)
Brakes: check adjustment (see page 11)
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Spark plug: check, clean electrodes with kit file and adjust gap to 0,020/4%)
(mm. 0.5 = 0.6) “
Carburettor Air Filter: Take out filter cartridge in from air inlet box (see tig, 18-19)
shake and blow with low pressure air, Do not wash in petrol. ,Fig. 18
Clutch cable knuckles
ar brake knuckles
ont brake knuckles
Rear brake cam pin
Handlebar control lever knuckles
Rear brake pedal pin
Lubrication
Crankease: re-establish level
with AGIP F.1 Rotra SAE 90. To
unscrew oil level and
filler plugs, pour in oil until this
begins to tlow level plug
{see fig. 20)
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Grease with AGIP FA Gtease 15Every 2500 miles (400 km)
Clutch control: check adjust-
ment (see page 13).
Flywheel magneto
kat points: clean and set gap
V64" (mm. 0,35 0.45); we
suggest that adjustment on this
part should be carried out by
ized Service Agent
al magneto cam oll pad
lubricate with oil drop,
Decarbonise cylinder, cylinder
head, piston head and silencer
We strongly recommend that
this work be carried out by the
Authorized Service Agent
ntact brea-
1, Filler plug. 2. Level plug. 3. Drain pig. Fig. 20
Lubrication
Crankease: drain oil completely through drain plug (see fig. 20). Replai pi iiain
plug; unscrew filler and level plugs: pour in oil until SMOG Eel COM
level plug. Quantity of oll neaden 1 '/s pints of AGIP F.1 Rotra BAR 90.
Speedometer Drive Box:
grease with gun through nipple (about 1 gr.) of grease AGIP 1
Grease 15. wFront wheel bearings:
grease with gun through nipple AGIP F.1 Grease 30.
Front suspension knuckles:
grease with gun through nipple AGIP F.1 Grease 15.
Cleaning of scooter
— Wash engine with petroleum, using a brush. Dry with clean rags;
— wash cellulosed and plastic parts with water, using a sponge. Dry chamois
leather. Do not use petrol or petroleum, otherwise damage will result.
When the scooter remains out of use some time:
— wash and dry carefully as above;
— drain all petrol from tank and carburettor;
— clean tank and carburettor filters:
— unscrew spark plug, insert few drops of engine oil, rotate engine byyhand two
or three times to ensure a protective oil film in cylinder barrel, Repihge spark
plug:
— coat with antirust grease all non-painted parts; i
— take oul battery; place in dry place to avoid freezing: have it re-cl ‘4 mon-
thly at an Authorized Service Agent: scootemeblp.com
— lift machine off the ground by placing blocks carefully under tires
should hot reach the floor:
— clean and daflate tires:
— cover machine. yWIRING DIAGRAM
scoote! —LUBRICATION DIAGRAM (See page 30)
PERIODIC LUBAIGATION - (1) Rear orake Anackles. (2) Rear brake eam
pen. Gh Cluich and gear Aruchles. (@) Gear change. knuckle
Twin Bover, (3) Grankcaue: change ost alber mules (S00 km) (6) ear crab
dal in ea tame trios) Levers ar caving Dar
fubricate end cylincer of the chitch snd trae cables, mvottie ant
ee Sentol ase Siu tneekien Spl Broct pres umscoe Gah bees
fete drive bor ane suspension tnwcxles, (i) Front wheel ‘seal nga
LUDPICATE THESE PARTS WHEN ASSEMBLING SCOOTEA AFTER
OvENrALL
re, GM 7), (PH showkd be lubicaed with AGIP F.1 Grease 15,
ball Destings. name (93), (14). AMOUIE Be WBreated wan
Grease 1
2. Mardiebar control bye? kmiciici (Bard de punt nooks should
‘be lubricaied with AGE F.1 Grease 15,
4 Front suspension helical sei (02) ahauld be smeared with AGP
Grease =
5. Introduce 8 litte AGIP F.1 Groaue 1 in control cable coating belore
mounting wires.
13 means + AGIF FL) Grease 15, 90 means AGI FY Grease mm
80, moans AGIP FA Rotts SAE H.TROUBLE CHART
A GUIDE TO ASSIST IN THE TRACING
AND RECTIFYNG COMMON FAULTS
Engine fails to start, or stops immediately
Possible cause: Remedy:
Faulty fuel flow to carburettor. . . . clean fuel lines and filters.
clean out jets.
Flooded carburetor . . . . . . close fuel tap, open throttle and endea-
vour to kick start. Or, unscrew and dry
oul spark plug. replace plug and kick
Start the motor.
Start control non adjusted . . . . adjust thread regulator on the carbu-
rettor.
Damage carburettor float. . . . have it replaced at Service rt,
(if current is reaching H.T. lead) - —
— dirty spark plug. - - + + . unscrew and clean:
— electrodes non adjusted + + + = adjust to 0,020"),
— faulty spark plug . replace with a new one.
a current does not reach H.T. jead)
— contact breaker points faulty. . . take machine to autmorine Service
Agent.— Flywheel MRAnEO OF EET. ee coll elreuits
shorting 2. ne » « take machine to Authorized Service
Agent.
Engine knocking
Incorrect mixture... 2 2). . drain out and replace with correct fuel
mixture.
Pre-ignition . 2. . . 5. - . 4 « lean spark splug. Decarbonise cylinder
head.
Ignition too lar advanced. . . . . see Authorized Service Agent.
Engine misfires
Irregular flow of fuel fo the carburettor check and clean out fuel line.
Spark plug electrode gap too wide. . re-adjust to correct gap
Dirty spark plug. . . + « Unscrew and clean out. hi
Contact points dirty or not ‘adjusted . » Clean and adjust gap between
Explosion in carburettor {
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Pre-ig) in due to excessive overhea- f
ting of spark plug. . . . . - change spark plug for one with &
heat range.
Carbon deposits on spark plug. . . clean aut spark plug. Pozs
Loss of power or excessive overheating
Incorrect timing. . . . . . . . adjust timing. Take machine on an
authorized Service Station.
Exhaust port or silencer partially ob-
structed . . . 6 1 . + 4 «Clean out port or silencer.
Cylinder head loose. 2. 2... . tighten cylinder head nuts.
MAIN FEATURES
Overall length
Overall width * 2 eo oF
Overall height i oo 3a a ue
Wheel base (full load) 2 2 2 Gee 28 ‘
‘Central frame in steel tube.
Bodywork in pressed steel sheet.
Front suspension by means of traiing links, carrying two helical sphiigs and
shock absorbers, | cr
Rearsuspengien: swinging engine unit with shock absorber calhia@t Bifam
springs.
Contre stand with two arms.
Untaden weight . ance a cs eos 280 Ibs. (123 kg.). y
. 1,800)
. 0,700)
. 1.030)
1.290)Fuel tank capacity. . . . . . - . + 1,8 imp. gals (8,1 It).
Maximum speed . woe ew ew we 4 666 mph. (107 km/h),
Fue! consumption soe oe eee ee 89 mp. Imp. gal.
(3,05 1/100 km).
Uphill (rider only). . eee ee ee ath gear 11%
ard gear 18%
2nd gear 26 %o
ist gear 40%
Engine
two stroke single cylinder. Forced air cooled.
Bore . = - co ee 66 mm
Soke... hoe ee eH we : 58 mm
‘Capacity eG OR wo EL So a acne: 198 ce ii
Compression ratio. 2 1 we a Bi suet 1 “cool
Maximum output on driving shaft. 2 2)... . 11 HP, at 5!
Lubrication. 8 : a) ee Sa ee Rettol,
Starting . - 2 ee ee ee ee ee es) Kickstart pedal | J a”‘Carburettor
DELLORTO SH 20 with central float chamber. Air filter cartridge type incorpo-
rated in air intake box.
Ignition
by flywheel magneto and external H.T. coil. Fixed advanced ignition.
Spark plug: heat range 240 Bosch scale.
Clutch
multi-dise in oil bath.
Trasmission
double dow chain with two shock dampers.
‘Gear box =
Four-speed constant mesh in oil bath, AY
Rear wheel/driving shaft R.P.M. ratio:
dst 1:12.53 and 1: 632
2nd 1: 8.77 ath 1: 488o0t Ip.com
As an alternative we may supply a gear assy with rear wheal/driving,
ratio:
Ist 1:13.95 3nd
and 1: 8.88 4th 1
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$22Wheels and brakes
Interchangeable wheels.
Rims: in pressed steel sheet, split in two halves.
Brakes: front - disc brake: rear - internal expansion.
Tires: 3.5- 10°
Tires pressures:
front: 12 Ibs/sq.in. (0.9 kg/sq.cm)
tear (rider only): 18 Ibs/sq.in (1.25 kg/sq.cm)
rear (with pillion): 32 Ibs/sq.in (2.25 kg/sq.cm)
Electrical equipment
General: flywheel magneto 30 watt 6 poles.
Fuse: 6 Amp,
Battery: 6V, 8 Ah.
BULBS
Paprncn use No. oe
ELECTR. ATA BULB mahal
‘ausrie asa
Head lamp ‘aeviedazzie light
pilot tight
resto | aR
Speesometer Spresameter light
NOTE. Ts ovoid possible bursing ov of bulbs, do nel onder Say clcm=etanca Fin TgPRi De
srhen engine’ tunnng unleta battery it properly comeciod B
FLUBRICATION (See pages 22-23)
In case it should nol be easy to finde AGIP products, we recommend, in relation
16 thé various parts, the following lubricants:
For fuel mixture
(5) Grankcase
(a) Gear change knuckles twin lever
(3) Glutch and gear change knuckles
(1) Rear brake knuckles - (9) Front bra-
ke knuckles:
Side panel hook - (7) Rear brake cam
pin - (6) Rear brake pedal pin - (10)
speedometer driver box and suspension
knuckles - (12) Front suspension helical
Springs - (8) Levers and controls on
the handiebar
(11) Front wheel bearings -
Steering ball bearings
(13) (74)
ENERGOL TWO STROKE
ENERGOL GEAR OIL SAE 90
Grease with
ENERGREASE A 1 fy
Grease with
ENERGREASE L 3 y