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Darren Hendley

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26th August 2016

Rockers – 25th Anniversary Edition (Wienerworld) If you enjoyed the film The Harder They Come, then I think you’ll like this too. Made in 1978, in Jamaica, Rockers tells the story of Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace’s attempts to succeed in the cutthroat business that is the Jamaican music industry. More reggae than ska, as the era…
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Scooterotica – UKs No1 Scooter forum finds a new home with Scootering Magazine

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Dan Clare

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15th August 2016

Scooterotica – UKs No1 Scooter forum finds a new home with Scootering Magazine The long-term future of the Scooterotica forum has been secured as Scootering magazine’s parent company brings it into the fold. Scooterotica forum was officially launched in 2007 as the brainchild of Dan Clare, scooter dyno tuner/engine builder, and Sean Brady, who’d been…
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Made in Great Britain

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Darren Hendley

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15th August 2016

Can we go scootering from head to toe in British-made products? We have plenty of readers who were around in the Fifties and Sixties, and they will no doubt remember when the scootering industry was thriving on these shores. But is there anything still made in Great Britain today? Pick up a copy of an…
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Here is the…..News at Ten! The Vapors are back!!

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Dan Clare

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10th August 2016

Waiting For The Weekend. Here is the…..News at Ten! The Vapors are back. The UK New Wave band who first formed in ’78/79 and scored a huge Worldwide hit with ‘Turning Japanese’ in 1980 have reformed for 2016 to perform a small number of select gigs in the UK & Ireland in October and November on the…
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e-scooter factory visit…

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Dan Clare

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10th August 2016

In September 2014 my wife and i went on a 3 week trip to China with my brother and sister in law. We were out and about on our first full day watching people on their motorcycles and scooters going about their business in the city of Guilin, (well actually it seemed like whole…
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Tested: Rider earplugs… I said, EARPLUGS!

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Darren Hendley

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9th August 2016

“We’re not all a size 10,” explains Dave Marshall, the motorcycle and Vespa riding chap from Ultimate Hearing Protection during my visit to the company’s Kent headquarters. “One size does not fit all…” I’d put money on the fact that not many scooterists use hearing protecting when riding their scooters, and the few who do…
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Tested: Bags Connection waterproof line

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Darren Hendley

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5th August 2016

German motorcycle luggage specialist Bags Connection updated its Waterproof Line in 2013 with a new range of bags. We have the 35 litre kit bag for testing, its first outing being an 800 mile round trip to Kelso on the back of my Series 1 Lambretta. Constructed from durable and 100% waterproof welded tarpaulin, it…
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Secret Affair – Mod Singles Collection (Captain Mod)

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Darren Hendley

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4th August 2016

I’ve got the Glory Boys album somewhere, but it hardly ever gets played. Same goes for the couple of Secret Affair singles I have too, I suppose I’m just not a big enough fan to keep them next to my turntable. I was surprised then when this album arrived and I found myself poring over…
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TESTED: Helmet to helmet intercoms

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Darren Hendley

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3rd August 2016

Sena SMH 10 & Interphone F5MC Over the last year or so, we’ve been testing a couple of intercoms while scootering around Europe. They’re useful pieces of kit, especially when touring into uncharted territory as riders can discuss directional options. They can also be used to inform of any required petrol stops. The range on…
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Haynes Service and Repair Manual for Lambretta Scooters

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Darren Hendley

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27th July 2016

If like me your first scooter was a Vespa, then there’s a good chance you own a Haynes Vespa workshop manual. I had one for my Vauxhall Viva van and old Ford Escort too, and I have plenty of friends who have also owned various Haynes manuals over the years. In some circles they’ve become…
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