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Stuart Gentry is about to put a mark on the scootering map with the introduction of his 261cc P-range, a Vespa with the potential to hit the magical 100mph in real world conditions. 30mph-90mph+ in top gear Started only nine years ago by someone with no historic connection to the scooter scene, SG Engineering has…

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Nick Paolucci’s Vespa doesn’t shout ‘street racer’ but hiding under the luxurious black paint is pure engineering excellence. Some scooters live fast and die young, others seem to go on forever. This particular Vespa is the embodiment of modern styling but parts of it have been around for decades. Although the engine’s been treated to…

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The combination of tuner ‘Chalky’ White and the Conneely Brothers has recently dominated the Group 4 landscape, so our man Paul Green had a chat with them to find out what makes this team work so well… The Group 4 class has often been referred to over the years as the ‘pure scooter’ racing class.…

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Thought to have been lost forever, one of the most famous Lambrettas resurfaced in 2005. It was in an appalling state and the challenge now was to resurrect it… In 1967 a three-page article in the short-lived publication Practical Scooter and Moped featured one of the first ever racing Lambrettas in Britain. Built by Supertune,…

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A rare and only vaguely documented prototype foldaway Lambretta has resurfaced. Exactly what was Innocenti thinking when it was made? Recently purchased by leading Lambretta parts manufacturer and collector Tino Sacchi is a rare Innocenti prototype foldaway Lambretta. Originally built in the late 1950s at the factory in Milan it then went on to be…

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Can Vespa’s new Sei Giorni be a fitting tribute to the legendary 1950s racers? Stan took one around the original circuit to find out. The original When the Vespa team secured nine gold medals in the 1951 International Six Day Trial it was a victory that Enrico Piaggio could not have foreseen just five years…

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Since the late 1980s, one scooter dealer has independently stood out from the rest and pioneered importation from India: Scooter Restorations… Paul Brierley has always had a passion for scooters and most notably the Lambretta which is where his real interest lies. He got his first scooter as a young teenager in 1980 and today…

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Lads in snide Gucci sweaters and chicks riding on the back of Yamaha Genesis FZR1000s. If those two images don’t scream 80s, nothing does… Welcome to another blast down memory lane, well in this case the A-roads. This month a stunning street-racer from Aylesbury comes under the spotlight. Ever since people have been personalising their…

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Legendary tuner Max Quattrini has designed and built a cylinder kit for small-block Lambrettas — the M-210-TV. Prior to the kit’s release, our man in Italy, Christian Giarrizzo, tracked down the enigmatic engineer behind the name to find out more… If you walk through a cemetery in Emilia Romanga, north-eastern Italy, you will soon spot…

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