When is a classic not a classic? When it’s Paul Green’s original specification racer from the 1990s, back on track.
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Category: Features
Book of the Week: Scooter Boys
Our latest book of the week is the acclaimed Scooter Boys by Gareth Brown
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Book of the Week: Mods & Rockers
In this week’s book pick, Gareth Brown explores the origins of the Mods and Rockers scene.
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Hybrid Hero
He’s inspired many a race replica but somehow we think Guy Martin would particularly appreciate Brian Winters’ mechanical mashup…
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Book of the Week: Scootering in the 1960s
Stuart Owen looks at the ‘golden age’ of scootering in our Book of the Week!
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Just how pure are we?
I’ve said before that scootering (that’s both Scootering magazine and the culture) is a very broad church that encompasses so many subcultures. But it can also be reflective of both the good and bad sides of modern life.
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Cologne Scooterist Weekender
This year Scooter Centre Cologne celebrates its 30th birthday. Scootering was there to join in the celebrations.
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Polo, a Mint Little Lamby
No list of mutated scooters would be complete without mentioning the Lamby Polo. Often described as ‘the ugliest Lambretta of all time’, its fans may be small in number, but so was its production life.
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Vespa SS180 That was then…
When Motorcycle Mechanics reviewed the SS180 in 1969 it was at the end of its production life, yet the reviewer still found plenty to praise.
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Emergency Action
Military themed scooters aren’t unusual but very few depict the ‘small wars’ of the 1950s. As Stu Smith discovered, Gary Gould’s Lambretta is an exception to that rule.
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