Feature Scooters
Rough Rocket
27 April 2012
Tobias is no stranger to the pages of Scootering, his amazing Vespa Sprint Hot Chocolate being a cover star in the past. He’s had others too. Looking back, his scooters have three things in common: They are all Vespas, they are all brownish in colour and they are all quite distinct from other custom bikes you see around.
Douglas v Piaggio
27 April 2012.
By the time the Douglas factory had swung into full production in 1951, its product was essentially outdated in comparison to its European cousins. So what exactly was the Italian factory offering? On this year’s Vintage Douglas Run I was able to try both the British and European models from 1951 back-to-back.
Road Test: Piaggio MP3 Yourban LT300ie
22 March 2012.
This scooter arrived just a few days before our belated winter dumped a whole load of snow on the UK. It was returned to Piaggio just a couple of weeks later with the best part of 1000 extra miles on the clock, and the sun was in the sky. Given the right circumstances, you can really grow attached to a particular machine.
A Cult Classic Combination - Simpsons PX
22 March 2012.
They say if you use good ingredients and don’t try to make it too fancy for fanciness sake, that you can’t spoil the food. I guess the same is true for a custom scooter. Here the combination of the classic Vespa PX with a classic custom theme and the classic ‘German style’ certainly does the trick.
Grim Fairytale
22 March 2012.
Wayne Stanton is no stranger to the pages of Scootering, or indeed the cover which his
Ratfink cutdown adorned a few year back. Prior to that Wayne gave us Scooterotica with a ‘top shelf’ style carb mouth cut into the side panel, so what has he offered us this time? Those who are easily offended had better turn away now...
Teenage Kick
22 March 2012.
I like this GP. A lot. I think it’s the uncluttered appearance more than anything that appeals to me, harking back to days when a nice paint job and a solid engine were the things to have.
She’s Got Claws
22 February 2012.
The scooter featured here is the first one I’ve seen, and possibly the first custom scooter to date to be painted entirely in chrome paint. Yes, I said ‘painted’. Anyway, it’s certainly the only one that the painter, James at MAS Restorations of Bradford has done for a customer.
GT200 a real classic Lambretta
22 February 2012.
What is it that constitutes a mod scooter? For many the ideal seems to be some form of 1960s machine, probably a Series 2 Lambretta bedecked in chrome plated accessories and contrasting paintwork; pristine, polished and pampered, for whatever reason this has become the accepted style adopted by the majority.
Loveless A Vespa GS4
22 February 2012.
As the 2000s march on, it seems that German scooterists have largely abandoned the Vespa PX as the standard template for their archetypical street racer. Gone are the days of cut back rear ends, tunnel rear lights and racing inspired paint jobs. Instead the new trend is the older machines, with muted, simple colours, fat tyres and a very powerful engine. It almost reminds one of the ‘German style’ vee-dub Beetles.
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On the Run
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Scooter Racing
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