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Lambretta Club of Gibraltar Relaunch

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Mark Lancaster

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26th March 2026

A Royal Navy rider’s Vespa breakdown sparks new friendships, a fresh Lambretta build, and the Lambretta Club of Gibraltar’s comeback. Fraser Brown from Animals Fea Naboombu SC explains… I got involved with the Club in mid-2025 after some issues with my daily driver, a slightly tweaked Vespa TX200. I was told to take it to…
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Fonty: Next-generation scooterist with eyes set on the future

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Mark Lancaster

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24th March 2026

Based in Jersey, Liam Font is a passionate and enthusiastic young scooterist who’s been brought up surrounded by scooters and the scene. He’s recently developed his own website that mixes new technology with classic machinery. We asked Stu Smith to find out more… Stu: Tell me how you got into scooters and what was your…
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Road Runner: Lambretta packing a YPVS350 engine

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Mark Lancaster

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21st March 2026

Love them or hate them, hybrid scoots are a marvel of engineering and this example by John Birch is one of the tidiest out there. Stu Smith caught up with John… Having previously developed a show-winning machine, Yambretta veteran John Birch decided to take things up a level with his new project, so we asked…
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Spirit of ’84

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Mark Lancaster

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19th March 2026

Sometimes we simply can’t let go of the memories we’ve been left with from a scooter we’ve owned. With that in mind, we asked Stu Smith to find out more about Harry Hartless and his quest to secure the scooter he’d craved for years. On the face of it, Harry’s GP is a very tidy…
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The Story Behind Carl Ellis’s ‘Identity Crisis’ Scooter

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Mark Lancaster

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14th March 2026

Carl Ellis built a scooter called Identity Crisis using a mixture of used parts sourced from different places and developed from what was originally an Li Golden Special frame purchased in 2023. The project combines elements associated with Li, TV and SX models. Stu Smith spoke to Carl about how the scooter was developed. Building…
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From Mod Roots to a 60s Dealer Special: Paul’s Lambretta Scooter Story

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Mark Lancaster

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12th March 2026

Achieving the desired result is one of the most important elements of any build. Paul Turvey gave this a lot of consideration, so we asked Stu Smith to find out more… SC: How and when did you get into scooters? PT: “As a teenager I was into the Mod scene and The Jam. One of…
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Scooter World kicks off 2026 in style at Newark Showground

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Mark Lancaster

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11th March 2026

A packed weekend at Newark Showground, where engineering obsession met long-distance heroes and smoke-filled fire-ups… Scooter World at Newark Showground has quickly carved out its own identity: a full-on scooter-focused hub inside a much larger show, with enough variety to keep you bouncing between stands, stories and start-ups all day. Yes, there are shiny builds…
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Reach Out I’ll Be There – A Tattoo-Inspired Lambretta Tribute

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Mark Lancaster

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10th March 2026

A custom Lambretta Li Special 125 created by Sophia Levell, with the involvement of her twin sister Isabelle and scooter builder Mark Levell, combines tattoo-inspired artwork with performance modifications. The design draws on the style of Ed Hardy and reflects themes of duality and family connection expressed through detailed paintwork and symbolism. Some scooters wear…
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Knobs, Shafts and Vaseline…

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd March 2026

From the early 1960s, the Vespa used both an ingenious and a simple method of operating the choke mechanism on the Dellorto carburettor with only detailed changes in its design up to the demise of the two-stroke Vespa scooter. Dave Dry helps us get that choke system set up properly… (Body copy) Like the other…
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Chaos MKIII: James Charles’ Rapido 225-Powered Street-Racer Reimagined

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Mark Lancaster

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26th February 2026

Some custom scooters roar for attention; James Charles’ Chaos MKIII is an unapologetic street-racer that blends raw performance with obsessive detail, so we asked Stu Smith to find out more… Sc: James, before we get to the details of Chaos MKIII, how did you first get into the scooter scene? JC: I’ve always been into…
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