They show a 1965 Li 150 series 3, that was rebuilt in 1976 for speed & racing competitions.
It holds 5 British records including a 106 mph run at Elvington, York in 1983.
Its fitted with a Wal Phillips fuel injector fed by methanol and last raced in 1983.
It then sat in Mike Karslakes Museum for several years until he passed away in the 90s when it went
back to Frank Osgerby the original owner, builder, racer. He put it to the back of his garage.
Then, this year 2006, Frank gave it a full restoration.
An update to this DTC Racer
I recieved an email from the original and present owner Frank Osgerby, which is below:-
"Hello to everyone at the blue and gold club, my name is Frank Osgerby ,
I was on the internet the other day and came across your site, to my suprise
and delight I saw several photos that were taken of my Lambretta at Bridlington last year.
You are obviously interested in the brilliant work of two lads I knew very
well during my eight years racing. I first met Brendan and Dave at Donnington
Park in 1976 when we were racing newcomers, they had just started their business
I think, and both had very nice machines in similar green and white paint scheme.
In 1978 I was asked to show my bike at the custom show at Belle Vue in Manchester, on
the stand were two bikes from DTC one featured Kermit the frog! The fourth bike was
Taj Mahal, painted by somebody else I knew after a number of visits to see his father in Southend- Paul Karslake.
In 1979 I asked DTC to repaint my bike in its present colours of candy red and silver
and they did a terrific job, by this time they were regarded as one of the top custom sprayers in the country.
In 1981 I obtained a dustbin style fairing and they painted that for me too, the graphics
were inspired by the front cover of the SX150/200 owners manual. This was followed a year later
with them making the side panel/seat arrangement for me.
Brendan left the business a short while later and Dave now lives in NW France running a caravan /holiday park.
He still has a lot of interest in scooters and was chuffed to see a photo of mine after the restoration."
Whilst I was at the Skegness Custom Show this year (2007), I had the pleasure to meet Frank himself and had a good chat.
Thanks to Frank for all his input.
Look out for an article written by Sticky in the next issue of Scootering (June 2007)