Darren Hendley

While modern day scooters often come with a useable storage capacity under their seats, older scooters tend to have far less. 
For this reason I’ve had topboxes for my Vespa PX for many years now, and the latest one 
I’ve tried is this rather conveniently large 40 litre capacity offering from Spanish luggage experts, Shad.…

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Unfortunately the year is coming to a close, but on the positive side, Italian firm Tucano urbano have new winter gloves for the ladies, the Lady Aviator. Made from 100% real leather, they are claimed to be fully waterproof and feature a breathable inner membrane and touchscreen finger tips. Inside there’s a fleece lining and…

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We are sad to report the recent passing of Rachel Karslake after suffering a period of illness. South African by birth, Rachel Karslake, née Lundell met architectural model-maker Mike Karslake after he left the RAF and began studying at the Kingston College of Art in the 1950s. Of course to may readers of Scootering it…

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Good quality scooter books are rare these days, but thankfully The Lambretta Factory In Spain has just arrived, reminding us what a good job can be done by those with a serious passion for the subject matter. I first leaened of this project last year from Lambretta Club d’Espana’s Felix who explained how the club…

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Scooter Restorations has been busy getting some parts exclusively remade, the first of which is an extra large lower fork link buffer as originally fitted to the Lambretta Series 3 TV175, TV200 and SX200 models fitted with a disc brake. The height of these buffers is 25mm, where as the standard lower buffer is 20mm…

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