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Scootering classics: Essential Lambretta maintenance – September 2016

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1st July 2017

Scooter sounding like a bag of spanners on the way back from a rally? This month: fault diagnosis… without taking your Lambretta apart! There are many occasions when there is a problem with your Lambretta that requires a strip down to see what is at fault. While this may be the case, it is still…
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Undercover Festival V – Dreamland Margate

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Dan Clare

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28th June 2017

Undercover Festival V is two-day celebration of alternative music including punk, ska, dub, reggae, alternative, acoustic and more. On the Scootering Stage will be a cracking line-up of Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Chords UK, Doctor & The Medics, The Racketeers, Imperial Leisure, The Satellites, Demob, The Lagan, The Sporadics, Paranoid Visions,…
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Scootering classics – SIL 200 – Bang for buck part 4

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26th June 2017

How far can we reasonably take a SIL 200 engine, with each step giving the most ‘Bang for Buck’ (more power per pound spent)? Darrell Taylor finds out… The story so far Last month’s instalment brought an end to the ‘bolt on section’ of the report, resulting in a 15.33bhp/15.41tq output using the original SIL…
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Scootering classics: Gran Turismo

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22nd June 2017

Lambrettas, life and engineering He may not quite be Howard Hughes but the man behind the exotic scooter components of Gran Turismo is almost as hard to track down. Scootering speaks exclusively to Richard Taylor… In the beginning Gran Turismo has a reputation for innovative, high quality Lambretta tuning equipment, yet little is known…
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Scootering classics: Essential Lambretta maintenance – August 2016

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15th June 2017

Long journey home, getting dark, lights starting to flicker? It’s no joke if your lights pack up — time to look at the wiring (the lighting circuit)… Lambretta wiring (the lighting circuit) can be one of the most frustrating parts of regular maintenance. Many owners find wiring a ‘no-go zone’ and see the wiring circuit…
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Scootering classics: Painting by numbers – part 4

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1st June 2017

Pearls & sparkle pearls Give a scooterist a Vespa or Lambretta and chances are he’ll fit something chrome to it, tune it… or paint it (perhaps all three). Our painting by numbers series is here to help with the latter of the trio and should provide helpful information for anyone wanting to get a paintjob…
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Scootering classics: Compression Ratio

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22nd May 2017

MEASURING, BURETTING & CALCULATING Building a decent engine involves a surprising amount of maths. Dull it may be, but the end results certainly are not Darrell Taylor explains how to get those top end measurements spot on… There are a few methods of measuring the compression ratio of a two-stroke engine which I’ve found useful. The…
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JO is the new VCB Champion!

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Darren Hendley

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19th May 2017

Congratulations go to Jo Turner from Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire who has just become the 2016 Vespa Club of Britain attendance award champion. She shared the title with Adam Collier from Scarborough but won the female award outright. This is the first time a woman has won by attending 100% of all events. Similar to the…
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Cezeta: The next generation

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Darren Hendley

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19th May 2017

After a 50-year gap the iconic scooter is back in production, redesigned as a sleek, contemporary electric motorbike. The Type 506 Electric is a hand-built, electric sports scooter. Produced in Europe, it offers advanced technologies yet is said to be simple to drive and own. According to the company, in Czechoslovakia between 1957 and 1964,…
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Speak up or pay the price in London

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Darren Hendley

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19th May 2017

As we were going to press the Mayor of London announced his intention to extend London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to include motorcycles (and therefore scooters) that do not meet Euro 4 emission standards. If the plans are implemented a daily charge of £12.50 will be levied to enter the capital from Monday, April…
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