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Scootering classics: Dealer spotlight – Atoms

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2nd March 2017

Ever wondered which dealer does what, where they are and who they are? Scootering magazine take to the road each month to get the low-down for our readers… Atoms were formed when Paul Hopper and Dr Dave Wyeth joined forces in 2009. Paul told us: “I’d known (Dr) Dave for years. He’d not long finished…
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Scootering classics: Sweet like chocolate – M&M’s 260cc Street Racer

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27th February 2017

Ian Morley’s latest full blown custom creation combines superb artwork from Dave Dickinson at DDK with a Performance Tuning booted Targa Twin engine, along with many power and performance upgrades. All the right ingredients for a top quality street racer scooter. Psst, Scott’s come home early The first thought that occurred to me was, why…
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Scootering classics: 70 Years of Vespa – 1946-today

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23rd February 2017

It’s 70 years since the first Vespa scooter rolled off the production line at the Pontedera factory in Italy… a humble 98cc, three-speed machine. Let’s take a look inside the factory where it all began and celebrate the anniversary of this most famous scooter brand… Vespa has undergone explosive growth over the last decade –…
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Scootering classics: Eyecandy – Painting by numbers – Part 1

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20th February 2017

Tuning scooters and painting scooters, we love to do them both. In this series we will explain the full process behind painting your machine and what’s involved in achieving a high quality finish. Unless the paint job on your scooter is either a) of historic value, or b) in such good nick that it requires…
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Scootering classics: Working…class Shabby Chic

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16th February 2017

A passion for scooters, a willingness to learn and try different restoration techniques, combined with great ideas pull together this lovely ride… ready to be mercilessly thrashed! In deepest darkest Duckinfield, Greater Manchester, nestled in the shadows of the village church, resides the modern suburban residence of Barrie Woodcock – aka ‘Dangerous Baz’ – a…
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Scootering classics: Blue Monday

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9th February 2017

The final scooter in Graham’s Vespa Trilogy is a beautiful Rally 200. Unlike his other Vespa creations, there’s no 30+hbp motor, no wide-wheel conversion and no lowrider front end…just a beautiful machine, which is ridden not hidden. In the uplifting words of Jeff Lynne and his Light Orchestra: “Sun is shinin’ in the sky, There…
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Scootering classics: Essential Lambretta maintenance – May 2016

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6th February 2017

Every month we will offer a small piece of basic yet essential advice to scooter owners. This month: don’t hole a piston – fix your fuel lines! The scooter fuel line only has one simple task, to supply the carburettor with petrol from the fuel tank. Unfortunately it is often overlooked and in some cases…
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Scootering classics – Midnight Toker

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3rd February 2017

Take the undisputed high quality art work of Paul Karslake and the meticulously thorough workmanship of Atoms Scooters. Combine the two on a thoroughbred 1970 Italian Grand Prix scooter, with a custom theme based loosely around legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix and volia: a recipe for a modern day masterpiece. Paul Karslake’s superb murals on Midnight…
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Scootering classics – SQUISH! The geeks’ guide to setting up the gap on your top end…

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30th January 2017

Darrell Taylor continues his series on compression and ignition by considering the various squish designs that have been used to increase the efficiency, performance and safety of engines over the years. Last month’s article on compression briefly touched on squish clearance, which we will now cover in more detail this month. For those who missed…
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Scootering classics: Dealer spotlight – OilTek

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27th January 2017

Ever wondered which dealer does what, where they are and who they are? Scootering magazine takes to the road each month to get the low-down for our readers… Paul Gillow has been fettling scooters one way or another since his teens. Originally a hydraulic engineer by trade and now running his business from an industrial…
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