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Penni takes us on a wild trip with the Black Sheep Scooter Club and the guys at San Francisco Scooter Centre… I love vintage vehicles, they just have more soul. I’ve owned four; my latest was a ’58 Triumph TR3. That car spent a good portion of my ownership in the garage being fixed, as…

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Hidden in an Alicante suburb is Israel and Charo’s astounding scooter collection. Last month the Vespa collection was identified and perused this month Stan looks at their hoard of Lambrettas. We all know of enthusiasts who have amassed a number of scooters but Israel and Charo have taken collecting to a whole new level. As…

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For over two decades a company in the South West of England has been growing a business producing Lambretta spares on a huge scale. Using innovative methods of manufacture it has now become one of the major players in the industry. Scootering dropped round to see how the operation works… Slowly but surely I first…

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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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