Warning - Unsafe Jiekai crash helmets sold in UK
21 July 2014
Trading Standards officers have issued a warning to anyone who has bought a Jiekai JK 100 or JK 1000 crash helmet after a small number of the helmets were seized from a supplier in Peterborough.
Unibus at the Jet Age Museum
18 July 2014
If you have any interest in Britain’s strong history of pioneering aviation, as well as pioneering scooters, then you could do far worse than visit the Jet Age Museum (JAM) where Mike Webster’s unique running GAC Unibus scooter (see Scootering #337) is proudly on display.
Other News
- National Ride to Work Week
- Brazil World Cup - Scooters For Goalposts
- A great send-off for Tony Class
- Tony Class - RIP
- Racing legend Surtees reunited with the only F1 winning Ferrari that wasn't red
- New Vespa GTS ABS/ASR arriving soon
- Malossi Factory Tour
- Piaggio MP3 scooter meets Flash Gordon!
- BSRA Solo Riders & Club Championship – still time to enter!
- Frankenstein scooters trip - 5th video
Competitions
Win! 1 of 3 Reevu Helmets
CLOSING DATE: Friday, 22nd August 2014
It's competition time and we've got three fantastic Reevu helmets to give away courtesy of our friends over at A J Sutton, which started selling motorcycle and scooter spares in 1952, and for the last 60 years has been helping motorcyclists and scooterists keep their prized machines on the road.
Win! a 569 piece tool kit from Teng Tools worth over £3500!
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday, 31st December 2014
We have teamed up with Teng Tools to offer our readers the chance to win this whopping tool kit worth over £3500! This 569 piece tool kit is built up using the Teng Tools TC tray system and the SV tool boxes with a six drawer top box, three drawer middle box and seven drawer roller cabinet.
Feature Articles
Lambretta fork rebuild
24 July 2014
The front suspension system on Lambretta scooters is slightly outdated to say the least. It works though, and for a standard machine it’s all we have to play with. Now, an old scooter that’s been sitting for years and needs a front end overhaul can prove challenging. But that’s not the only reason to undertake such a task.
Bagpuss
24 July 2014
Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss
Old fat furry catpuss
Wake up and look at this thing that I bring
Wake up, be bright, be golden and light
Bagpuss, oh hear what I sing…
Other Feature Articles
Rally Reviews
Tenby Scooter Rally
22 May 2014
The second bank holiday of the scootering calendar saw us heading to Tenby in deepest south Wales. A pretty seaside town with a picturesque port, plenty of pubs and further off the far end of the M4 than most may think.
Other Rally Reviews
Videos
How to build a secure shed... in less than a minute!
26 March 2014
In April's edition of Scootering (published March 27, 2014) is a guide to scooter security, part of which we looked at an option for storing your scooter at home if you don't have a garage to use.
Other Videos
Current Issue: Aug 2014
Including Scooter Trader
♦ Free 32-page 50 years of Mod supplement
♦ Bike engined scooter shootout
♦ Lambretta tribute to Barry Sheene
♦ Bagpuss - because Emily loved him!
♦ Vespa World Days in Mantova
♦ EuroLambretta Jamboree
Also: The Tre Mari, Cleethorpes, Newark, Camber Sands and loads more besides!
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: August 28, 2014
