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Scootering classics: An Interview with: Manish Mittal of Uni-Auto India

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9th July 2018

As Uni-Auto launched their 200cc Lambretta engine casing, we spoke to Manish Mittal about the company, its products and the Indian scooter scene in general. Family business Italy may be the spiritual home of scootering but it’s the Asian industry that keeps most of our machines on the road. Based in India’s capital city…
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Scootering classics: Rattler

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8th July 2018

Cornwall is famous for many things but Dave Ridge believes that its cyder outclasses everything. RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Scooters are part of the Ridge family DNA. Dave’s sister Nadine is well known in the South West for her awareness raising Series 2 ‘Kidney Machine’, but it was their grandfather who set the ball rolling…
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Scootering classics: Phoenix from the ashes

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6th July 2018

Restore or preserve? Italian law is incredibly strict when it comes to modified scooters — they are practically outlawed. Christian Giarrizzo met a woman who’s keeping her Vespa 125 original but for very personal reasons… Italian standards You can hear the same conversation on any Italian street: ‘Wow, you got a Vespa?’ ‘Yes, I finally…
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Scootering classics: The Rubber Road-Test

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4th July 2018

Whether covering thousands of miles each year, or pottering to the shops on a Sunday it’s important to choose the right rubber. With safety in the front of our minds, cost should rightly get pushed to the rear, and the only thing which matters is how they perform. Jordan finds out… Much in the world…
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Scootering classics: SonicBoom Six Interview

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2nd July 2018

Sonic Boom Six will be a name that’s familiar to many a ska fan, though not a band often played on the scooter scene. Often touted as worthy successors to The Specials’ crown, they’ve been pounding the gig circuit for the last 13 years, and are finally looking like they could break. Scootering caught up…
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Scootering classics: DNCC 2000AD

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1st July 2018

Some scooters are noted for being way ahead of their time. In that respect, Lairdy’s 2000AD paintjob fits that description in more ways than one… Welcome to this month’s nostalgic look back at the custom scooters of back yesteryear. This issue’s offering was originally customised with a 2000AD theme way back in good-old 1984, and…
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Scootering classics: The Two Tone Village: Coventry Music Museum

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29th June 2018

East of Coventry’s city centre, on Walsgrave Road, is a typical cluster of small businesses, many of them reflecting the multi-cultural population that helped create a ground-breaking musical movement. Half way along the road is a small, black-painted gateway, the sign above barely hinting at what secrets lie within. Welcome to The Coventry Music Museum,…
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Scootering classics: Bristol Beauty

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27th June 2018

It took years for the curves of the Series 2 Lambretta to gain popularity and Jez Ainley’s 92L2 Vespa is a stunning example of another underrated machine. Built between 1956 and 1959 at Douglas’ Bristol factory, the humble 92’ came from a line of basic machines that formed the backbone of 1950s scootering but never…
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Scootering classics: Long Term Test – Slumit Cub II

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25th June 2018

Back in the 90s my Halford tent’s lightweight poles and integral groundsheet were state of the art. Just as Nikasil changed the way we think about performance kits, rapid erect tents could transform the ‘hitch and pitch’ type of camping typical of scooter rallies. Unlike traditional rod and sleeve tent construction Slumit’s FlashFrame range has…
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Scootering classics: In search of perfection

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24th June 2018

The Lambretta TV 175 series 1 During Innocenti’s 24 years of Lambretta manufacture it came up with some exemplary and often innovative designs, none more so than the TV 175 series 1. Though it only had a short production life it left behind an ever lasting legacy. To some it was controversial but to others…
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