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“Soon enough others who use the same product and have never had a problem with it started to panic… should I remove it from my scooter? But sometimes the reason something happened was incorrectly reported...” It doesn’t matter whether you’re looking

This month marked the end of an era for me, I sold my scooter dyno outfit. For those who don’t know, before taking up the position of editor here at Scootering, Ispent a considerable number of years as co-owner of Scooterotica garage in North Yorkshi

Vespa & Lambretta owner, scooter obsessive, amateur home mechanic, rally goer, Mod sympathiser, music lover and general all round good egg. He writes your rally reports, be nice to him. Vespa P-range obsessive, well-travelled rally rider since the 8

Name: Paul Le Brocq Job: Chef/patron at The Green Olive Restaurant Jersey Scooter club & town: Purple Hearts Scooter Club, Jersey. How and when did you first become interested in scooters: In the Eighties. Quadrophenia was a big influence; the Mod sc

Ben at AF Rayspeed has sent over a last minute update on the situation regarding the company’s five-speed gearboxes. As mentioned previously, a question mark was originally raised over the selector component of the gearbox following a failure in high

Name of scooter & reason: Twisted Soul. It’s areflection of my youth. Scooter model: Vespa Rally 200 Electronic. Date purchased & cost: £200 barn find in ’96. Inspiration for project: The Mods Scene in Jersey, of which I was part, and all our clashes

“The Frankland brothers were Taffspeed, the Taffspeed legend… accept no imitations.” We knew it was coming but the passing of Ian Frankland has still hit both the scooter race community and the road scene hard. I first met the two Welsh brothers Ian

Gary Thomas from Wrexham had ridden down with three mates from Wrexham Scooter Club on his PX200E. They took five hours to travel the 150 mile journey to Tenby. Commenting that it didn’t seem a bad time at all, Gary wryly said: “We’ve got to get home

Will you be attending the first Quartermile Race for Vespa and Lambretta scooters as part of the German Blechroller Championship right in front of the SIP Scootershop flagship store in Landsber/Germany? The event takes place on Saturday, July 21, at

The event was very popular with thousands of car enthusiasts attending – but they were probably not expecting to see race scooters on track in between some very spectacular car action including vintage F1 cars. For scooter fans though, the meeting wi

After several years of Lambretta ownership, the inevitable would happen – you’d tune the engine. Like so many others you did everything possible to squeeze every last bit of power out of these Italian shopping bikes. Everyone was attempting it one wa

Name: Paul Reeson Scooter club & town: No club – lone rider. How and when did you first become interested in scooters: In 1983 due to my mates being Mods and me being into psycho scene. Psychobillys were just starting to get scooters. First scooter:

Name: Paul Jamieson (aka ‘Jamo’) Scooter club & town: Coast Riders Back to Zero SC. How and when did you first become interested in scooters: A few guys had scooters and we all got them for work. We then used to ride round in the evenings and formed

Cadwell was a very tough meeting for us, Monday’s incident losing all four riders was a total freak situation. We still can’t understand how from varying positions on the grid all four Team DSC riders were the only ones involved out of a grid of 35+

Dean Robinson and his wife Tracey are the main organisers of the event and they’re supported by a friendly team of helpers; aka, ‘Robbo’s Crew’. Also helping out the team over the weekend are an enthusiastic set of lads from the Misdemeanours SC, Low

Name of scooter: ‘The Big Easy’ due to the New Orleans blues theme. It’s not about the drink; it’s about people playing the blues in ‘The Big Easy’, which is the nickname for the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. Scooter model: Vespa T5 Mk1. Inspirat

■ Twenty-nine Lambrettas started the journey and despite several repairs along the way, twenty-nine finished. ■ Between the riders, more than £3000 was raised for charity. ■ By the time everyone returned home a total of around 58,000 miles had been c

“Darren Conneely again showed the potential of the Open Class Casa SSR265 but took no championship points home” Several riders were missing with broken bikes and bodies, but at the front Lee Bamber was on top form as he continues to learn how to ride

My hubby Carlton, from Stoke-on-Trent, enjoying his Scootering mag in Tenerife. He rides a 1970 GP200. Having had a Vespa 150 Sportique back in the day I’m now in a position to get a scooter as a fun machine for the summer. Unable to afford a new Ves

I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the street-racer style. Functionality and looks – what else could you wish for? Now although the beauty you see here has been stored away for almost two decades, it has quite an interesting story. It first bec

If your scooter club is holding a do or event just drop us a line for some FREE advertising. Unfortunately we can ONLY accept details by post or via the website due to workloads. Please keep wording to a minimum and be warned that listings may be edi

The Lambretta engine is a simple but ingenious design. It’s neat, compact, and when you think about it… not only does it house a chain drive but also a four-speed gearbox (now five-speed in some cases). To get all this in such a small area was quite

The older we get the more we see our peers pass away. Last week I learned of three close friends who had passed away. I suppose at my age, getting on for 72, it’s inevitable that my peers, older friends, neighbours, leave this life. Not the case thou

It’s been a while since I heard a ska album as instantly infectious as this. Bouncing 2-Tone rhythms rub shoulders with a laid back reggae groove, all underpinned by layers of brass and a driving bass line, giving a new twist on the tradition of mixi

Name: Paul Midgley Scooter club: Leeds Crusaders SC. How and when did you first become interested in scooters: My best friend at the time, Geoff Charlesworth bought a Lambretta Silver Special in 1966 and I was hooked on scooters from then. What is yo

Li 150: A fairly good gearbox in general but there is a bit of a gap between third and fourth gear. This is okay in smaller powered engines but it can be a bit of a problem when changing up into top gear on a tuned engine. The reason being the gap be

Name: Carl Midgley Scooter club: Leeds Crusaders SC How and when did you first become interested in scooters: About 25 years ago I was visiting Spain on holiday and came across only what I can only describe as a Spanish scooter ride out, from that da

Name: Allan Tait Job: Plater. Scooter club & town: No club/Northallerton. How and when did you first become interested in scooters: First interest taken was when I was 12 or 13 and went to York for the day and saw scooters buzzing around for the firs

One of these shifts is to more riding events. Instead of turning up to a venue and just getting drunk, a lot of people enjoy a ride around the area. And not just a ride to the local dog’s home or hospital to present a cheque, but a proper 100-mile pl

Rebel Threads is a book spanning the range of British youth subcultures from the war onwards and delving into the fashions which gave them their name. We caught up with the author, a former Midlands Mod, in among his racks of vintage clobber to talk