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It’s not easy to cope when a loved one is at death’s door… especially if it’s your scooter. Our man in Italy, Christian Giarizzo, opts for a radical intervention but will the scooter he knows and loves survive the procedure? This scooter is deceased I was locked in my garage in Udine, northern Italy, looking…

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From ugly duckling to desirable swan… Banished in its time as a ‘non-Lambretta’ — was it the Scomadi or GTS of its day? Over the last few years with the introduction of the Vespa GTS, and the Lambretta orientated Scomadi, there has been a certain amount of criticism aimed at both machines. From a purist’s…

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Slowly my eyes adjusted to the gloom and I realised this was the scooter equivalent of the closing scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark… Collections are assembled for many reasons such as public display or investment but the most interesting are those brought together for personal enjoyment. Israel and Charo, the owners of Recambios…

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After Retrospective Scooters and London Scooter Bodyshop moved into their new Walthamstow base, Stan paid a visit to see how they’d settled in… If my wife sneaks up and sees me snap the laptop closed, she knows exactly which website I’ve been browsing. No, not THAT sort of website — I meant Retrospective Scooters! With…

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Bored of the Beach? Sick of sightseeing? There’s now an alternative — escorted tours of southern Spain by Scomadi. Stan reports from Gran Tourismo Spain Scooter Tours. Most of us dream of escaping the rat race but there’s always the small matter of earning a living. For Ian and Sue Duncanson, a lifetime’s involvement with…

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“And it’s time that we make a stand, ‘Cos this generation  understands, We can’t survive this way, And it’s up to us to say.  Move on.” The Spitfires, Move On (2017) Imagine it’s not just me who thinks today’s music scene is pretty dire? A cursory glance at the nation’s pop charts reveals no one…

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Christian takes us on another Italian journey, this time to see how Gianluca Marri of MDM constructs the single most power influencing component of any two-stroke motor: the exhaust.   Rome, capital of Italy The latest stats show some 4.5 million people living there today and if you’re trying to make your way through its…

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For more than four decades Spain was home to both Vespa and Lambretta production. Recambios Motos Clásicas are now key to keeping the surviving machines roadworthy. Many British scooterists are familiar with a handful of continental dealers, most of them based in Germany. Over in Europe things are very different and from small beginnings Alicante-based…

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