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In next month’s issue: Black and gold never gets old and as our cover star demonstrates, the classic 1970s JPS scheme is still ahead of the pack. Talking about old, we profile what might just be Britain’s oldest Vespa, a 98/4 model from 1947. We brin

This information is provided by Stephen Hattersley, of WildWood Legal, a firm of solicitors specialising in claims for injured scooterists. Stephen, a qualified solicitor for 25 years, has been riding scooters for more than 30 years and has acted for

The rolling chassis is now looking in really good shape; it’s pleasing to see things finally starting to come together. Last month we got the runners and ignition items fitted, this month we will be sorting out the rear shock absorber and bleeding th

We’ve permission from Mark to say that he suffers from borderline personality disorder (BPD). It’s a disorder of mood, which affects how a person interacts with others and is an illness that Mark’s dealt with since childhood. The causes of BPD are un

We’ve divided the market first by capacity, and then alphabetically within each category. We can’t possibly give values for every classic scooter, there are far too many variables for that, but we have included data for three of the most common machi

After destroying my Burgman on the way back from Kelso a few weeks earlier, I had a rush job to get one of the Cosas on the road in time. Typically, a week and a half before the rally I found myself needing one of those unobtainable parts and for a b

It should come as no surprise that following the unpleasantness of 1939-1945, Germany’s tourist industry, together with the rest of its economy, was in the doldrums. With most Germans busy rebuilding their shattered lives there was little point in re

The Courettes: The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes (Damaged Goods) Garage duo The Courettes continue their dig into the Sixties sound with their fourth album. As hinted at by the title, there’s a lot more soul about this one, at times deep diving int

One of the most often asked questions by readers is when scooter ‘X’ will be on sale in the UK, particularly when it’s already available elsewhere. More often than not, that answer is tied up in the homologation process. We asked Steve to explain wha

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We last visited Weymouth for the National in 2022, when the trip down from the North West, all on A roads, took us 11 hours on classic two-strokes. This year we selected our modern Vespas and cut that time by three hours; but there was one thing in c

Situated just outside Newark, RAF Fulbeck is a disused airfield that was occasionally used for motorcycle straight-line sprinting. In 1972, it was the scene of an achievement that seemed almost impossible when, with a self-built and tuned Lambretta,

For those unfamiliar with the Beeline Moto, it’s essentially a small display unit, about the size of an old school pocket-watch, that piggybacks on to a mobile phone navigation app, offering worldwide coverage without any need for upgrades. It’ s mor

Taking a hacksaw to a Lambretta to customise it has been a fashion for many decades. There’s no denying that its peak was in the 1980s, and although some may now regret butchering rare frames, there’s no denying that it’s an integral part of the scen

Oxford has been designing market-leading Oximiser battery optimisers for more than 20 years and its new Oximiser Pro range has been engineered to take ‘intelligent’ battery optimisers to another level. Equipped with sophisticated diagnostic capabilit

Adding to its line-up of Kevlar/Aramid jeans, Richa’s Henderson jeans are defined as the choice for the everyday rider. The Henderson jeans have a Thunder Lite Kevlar Denim construction, which offers both superb abrasion-resistant qualities while ret

The ebb and flow of jobs through the garage workshop can vary wildly and takes quite a bit of coordinating. To each customer their own scooter is clearly the most important thing to them, so if we have five scooters in at a time, then we have five pe

There is a considerable amount of experience behind the current Dayton ‘Albatross Continental Twin’. The first ‘Albatross’ was powered by a 225cc single cylindered Villiers engine and quickly became popular among long-distance riders. Versions with a

The old airfield circuit at Darley Moor is very fast with high average speeds as it’s essentially a big triangle of old runways broken up by a couple of squiggly chicanes to (try) and slow things down a bit. While the circuit is not the greatest spec

In the long term, this S2 Lambretta is going to end up having a full engine rebuild, which we will take readers through in the usual step-by-step manner and will certainly end up with an aftermarket top end fitted, along with all the other usual high

When the Spanish postal service Correos disposed of its PX Vespas, many found a new life in the hands of scooterists across Europe. However, as Stu Smith discovered, it’s doubtful whether any other Correos survivor carries such a literal tribute to i

Last month saw the 180 kit completed and on the dyno. Our original 125cc scooter started with just 7.1hp; we upped that to 9.1hp, with a series of upgrades from Tasso, and it moved our top speed from 50mph to 60mph (GPS confirmed). The next step was

Having recently moved away from Scootering HQ in Lincolnshire down to Sevenoaks, Kent, I was on the lookout for something well built for navigating built-up towns and busy centres. So, when I was offered the opportunity to test Kymco’s Agility City+

Piaggio’s press release states: “The Vespa Primavera Batik was born of two distant cultures united by a diverse and rare elegance. The timeless shape of the Vespa Primavera has been combined with the themes and patterns of Batik, the traditional Indo

Just recently I saw a post on a certain popular social media site that showed a scooter with some numbers on it and a request for information on the machine’s ‘racing heritage’. It only took 10 seconds to realise that there was no heritage, it really

Loco Wheels was set up by two friends, Dani and Tomás, on the island of Mallorca. They have a rental company, hiring out both modern and classic scooters. From the outset their venture proved popular with scooterists from across Europe, mainly becaus

Like many of our generation I’m fighting and rebelling against what seems to be an ever-accelerating journey into old age. Thankfully we can get away with a bit more these days regarding dress and behaviour than in previous times, which has to be a g

Hi Stan, Your article on Watsonian sidecars was very interesting as I did thousands of miles with my sidecar outfit, touring on the continent twice and entering the Isle of Man Rally four times from 1971 to 1974. In ’71, I and my passenger Dave Bisho

Several of us from the same year at school had been immersed in the Mod culture, which was still hanging on from the fallout of Quadrophenia. However, there could be an age gap of up to a year between us, meaning that some of us got on the road (lega