Jim Rose wrote:Are you suggesting the newspaper atricle about Adria was faked by someone at Lombardi? Why not go the whole hog and say that the Lombardi sabotaged the Adria track, caused the injuries and somehow fixed the tracks tax returns!
If we look at some of the "facts" we were given about Monza when Adria became the chosen Euro venue some of the bullshit becomes apparent>
Monza as a venue is too expensive: Funny that; a small regional club could afford to put a rally on there at a comparative ticket cost. So that "fact" was not true.
Monza Racetrack was fully booked; Well that was obviously not true.
Hotels in Monza are too expensive; I paid 70 euros a night in a luxury hotel in Monza, I could have got a hotel much cheaper but I chose to stay with the UK contingent. The LCI recommended provider was offering package hotel deals at over 100 euro a night. So that "fact" was not true.
Traffic in Monza is terrible and dangerous; I have worse day riding around Norwich than I did around Monza and Milan. So that ones not true either.
With the above in mind and the alleged rift in the Italian Lambretta club quoting anyone who gives "confidential" information as "fact" is naive irrespective of how important we may think the informant is.
The LCI chose to put the Euro event on in Adria and that was their choice as they are the national club. I attended the event and I was disappointed. I was lucky I could attend both rallies but if I had been forced to choose I'd have done the Euro. The feedback I received from people at Adria was they would have liked to have done both but the Euro came first.
Monza / Milan are the spiritual home of the Lambretta and there was a demand for a rally there to celebrate 70 years Club Lombardi met that demand and those who attended enjoyed themselves. The date for the event was unfortunate but I'd imagine it's difficult to get a space at Monza Track because it's a popular venue. Those that went on to the Euro used there imagination to make that happen. Club Lombardi helped those who were going on to the Euro by storing scooters for them (in some instances having them repaired whilst they were away) so the owner could ride them on to Adria. Personally I had some electrical issues and several Lombardi Club members put themselves out a great deal to get me back on the road so I could go on to Adria. Hardly the actions of people who want to undermine the Euro.
The Euro attracted a massive turnout of people expecting a special celebration of the Lambretta and the Monza event was full almost to bursting. I personally think the two events complimented each other rather than competed with one another.
Many people now want to do a lot more riding than just to and from the rally; to many of us the Euro event is just a destination to aim; for the fun is normally in the trip. The LCGB did consider doing an event within an event for this year with agreed stop overs (or mini rallies) with local clubs on the way to Italy.For some reason the idea was dropped when the destination of Adria was announced. The Monza event shows that there is a demand for that type of thing and we could consider doing that in future long distance Euro trips
Sorry Roy
Youre a little confused Jim. No one could fake the tax return anomoly and injuries at Adria however...the organisers of the Lombardi rally jumped on this story and exaggerated it to return lies to the Italian press to insinuate its closure! As ive already mentioned, once circulated this was then proudly announced on this forum by CambTim in an attempt to disrupt / destroy the planned event at Adria. I have all the facts and proof to back this up. You personally may have had some help from club Lombardia members but they were just that...members, the organisers of this event had a very different agenda. As for the date,this was NOT as you think 'unfortunate', it was meticulously planned.
Re the 'Euro' Tino wanted at Monza, well..it never happened did it. As he mentioned to me at Guiselwind it would have been far in excess of what any club could afford to put on an event there on the scale of the official Euro's inc the three days camping, breakfasts, evening meals and Gala dinner plus all the other associated costs a Euro event entails. Instead Tino et al organised a much scaled down rally not even comparable to what a EuroLambretta Jamboree offers.
As for Monza being the spiritual home of Lambretta, how did you arrive at that? It may be close to Milan but just being close is neither here nor there, Innocenti were based in Milan and theres no where in Milan that could offer facilities on the scale needed for a Euro, except maybe on one of the many ind sites but theyre hardly suitable anyway and very much doubt Italian C&U regs were even allow it. Adria, with its massive sprawl and great facilities was the ideal location...