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If you want to track down teenager Ben Finlay, you won’t find him at home on social media or playing video games. Chances are, you’ll find him working on a scooter or two… Ben’s scootering and musical influences were inspired by his parents. At an early age, Ben was listening to northern soul and after…

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Like many scooterists I have two families. One I live with; the other I meet with to ride fast, consume succulent food and drink, and soak up the scenery. This is our Greek adventure… Last year I met up with Vespa Club del Mediterraneo in Tuscany, where we coaxed our rented scooters over twisty roads…

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Vibrant, prosperous and beautiful, Belfast is home to next year’s Vespa World Days. We begin our countdown by outlining the basics. Anyone viewing Belfast through the prism of 1970s headlines is living in the past, in fact it’s ranked in the top 10 of Britain’s safest cities (‘Unbroken Britain’ 2016). Offering outstanding nightlife, cultural attractions…

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Only a handful of Piaggio’s MP5 are known to survive, this isn’t one of them. Back in the day In early 1943, Erico Piaggio was working on plans to create a solution to the transportation needs of the masses in the aftermath of the Second World War. He handed the project to Renzo Spolti who…

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Scootering brings you an exclusive look at Scooter Center’s GTS Demonstrator, one of Vespa World Days’ most talked about machines. Some will never accept the fact but a look around the parking area at any scooter rally will confirm that Vespa’s GTS range is embedded in scootering culture. Although I love two-strokes, the scooter I…

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As a photographer whose work regularly filled the pages of cutting-edge magazines, Tony Briggs’ portfolio features some of the most influential, culturally beloved faces of the past two decades. It also reveals his enduring passion for scooters and 60s iconography. He told Andy Gray the story behind some of his more Mod-ular work. Seaburn Station…

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Popping to Pontedera? Stan presents his guide to visiting the Piaggio Museum and selects his favourites from the current exhibition. Whether it’s part of a grand tour by scooter or simply an excursion on a family holiday the Piaggio Museum in on the ‘must do’ list for most scooterists. Located in Pontedera, just outside Pisa,…

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ONE OWNER LAMBRETTA How many of us can say we still own a Lambretta we bought from new, not many I guess, but this man can… James King first purchased his brand new Lambretta from AF Rayspeed in the summer of 1997 and to this day still owns it. There can be very few people…

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Finding fresh scooter-riding challenges these days isn’t easy, however one man is venturing further than ever before on his Lambretta… For more than four decades Dave Waddingham has pounded the roads of Britain and Europe on his Lambretta. And for several years he has found new motivation by taking on ever tougher challenges, none more…

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They have a heritage to be proud of but also have one eye on the future. Stan goes face-to-face to get the exclusive scoop on Pinasco’s most recent developments. Although Andrea Pinasco retired in 1999 the company bearing his name remains at the forefront of scooter tuning. Best known for their Vespa products, last year…

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