Darren Hendley

Cezeta: The next generation

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Darren Hendley

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19th May 2017

After a 50-year gap the iconic scooter is back in production, redesigned as a sleek, contemporary electric motorbike. The Type 506 Electric is a hand-built, electric sports scooter. Produced in Europe, it offers advanced technologies yet is said to be simple to drive and own. According to the company, in Czechoslovakia between 1957 and 1964,…
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Speak up or pay the price in London

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Darren Hendley

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19th May 2017

As we were going to press the Mayor of London announced his intention to extend London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to include motorcycles (and therefore scooters) that do not meet Euro 4 emission standards. If the plans are implemented a daily charge of £12.50 will be levied to enter the capital from Monday, April…
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Workshop essentials: CBS Whitton

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Darren Hendley

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16th January 2017

Each month we’ll be visiting a scooter shop somewhere in this wide world of ours – whether its speciality be restos or racers, engineering or basic servicing – and heading into the workshop to find out what the people there consider essential to keeping it running smoothly. This month we dropped in on CBS Whitton……
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Scooter World

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Darren Hendley

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12th December 2016

Scooter World is now entering its sixth year as part of the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic at Newark, and 2017 promises to be the best yet – so much so that it has now moved into bigger halls. In fact, with well more than 100 scooters already booked to appear it is by far the…
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Crash Helmets some very useful information

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Darren Hendley

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18th October 2016

On 1 June 1973 it became the law in the UK for both riders and passengers to wear a fastened ‘safety helmet’ when riding a motorcycle, moped or scooter. Why Despite protests regarding freedom of choice, it is possibly one of the most sensible laws regarding two-wheelers that has been passed. Granted, as anyone who…
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Scootering in the sun

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Darren Hendley

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10th October 2016

It’s nice to get away on your hols for a week or two, forget the stresses of work and suchlike, but if only you had your scooter to hand to get out go for a decent ride too. Well… now you can. If you’re not lucky enough to have a wife/partner who is interested in…
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Tech Tips: Gear-jumping, clutch-slipping Vespa smallframes

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Darren Hendley

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30th September 2016

It’s either because reasonably priced large-framed Vespas are extremely difficult to find these days, or scooterisls are all suddenly trying to rekindle their youth that smallframes are becoming more popular of late. Whatever the reason, the British scooterboys of the 80s successfully butchered the majority of 50 Specials, V100s and Primaveras originally imported in the…
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Fully Trailered

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Darren Hendley

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26th September 2016

So here we have it kids, the latest chapter in our never-ending series of ‘what happens when your imagination runs away and you start sketching ideas on a scrap of paper’! Ant is no stranger to either the pages of Scootering or a bit of engineering, his other appearance being back in May 2001 when…
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Piaggio and the Vespa

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Darren Hendley

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22nd September 2016

Back in 1946, a company called Piaggio launched a motor scooter called the Vespa. At the time, there was a possibly a minority of people in the UK that had heard of Piaggio, but I’d wager that the news of an Italian mechanical wasp made no impact at all in Great Britain. But why would…
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Tech Tips: A Hydraulic conversion with a difference

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Darren Hendley

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19th September 2016

Qustom Inc in the USA have come up with a kit for Lambretta owners who want a little more from their braking system, but don’t want to permanently alter the look of their scooter. It sounded interesting so they kindly sent us one to play with. Firstly let’s have a quick refresh of the advantage…
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