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There are many different reasons behind both the creation and theme of custom scooters. Over the years I’ve heard most of them, however this one really is a bit different. Read on… Tears Dry On Their Own has a dual purpose, firstly to promote the work of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, and secondly to eventually…

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Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis. Oldham in Lancashire is home to the ‘roughyed’ a proud nickname for the locals historically linked to the coarse cloth hats worn by mill workers but more recently linked to the rugby team. During the late 70s and early 80s, going uptown to Oldham on…

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Some scooters have been seen so much at rallies and events over the years, some people start to take them for granted and look past them. This scooter might fall into that category for such people, but thankfully for us, Dave O has a keen eye for classics, even ones hiding in plain sight… Welcome…

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Since 1969 Dave Robinson, or Robbo as he’s known to his friends, has been into scooters. Until now he has always done all the work himself, but for his latest ride Robbo opted to approach things differently. Robbo takes up the story: ‘`Basically, last year I nearly died from a serious condition, as I’m now…

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In the scheme of things, I suppose six years isn’t too long a time scale to produce a machine like this. The design, the fabrication of the liquid cooling, the engine build, the frame modifications, the paint and graphics — not to mention actually finding the money needed — all take time. What you don’t…

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This is one of the most personal scooters that I’ve had the privilege to write about, one that represents much more than an interest or an idea. Paul Hunter’s Spanish Li125 custom is entirely based on his family, and is dedicated to the memory of the members of it that he has lost. A true…

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“When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun” John Graham Mellor (aka Joe Strummer) was born August 21, 1952, and shuffled off this mortal coil on December 22, 2002, and I for one was gutted. I loved The Clash,…

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Motorcycle engine powered scooters are nothing new. Shoehorning a KTM motor into a Lambretta frame however, is both new and different. Owner and rider of KTMBretta, Chris Macnamarra, also known as Chris Mac, got his first scooter in 1986, a three-speed Vespa 90 small frame. Since then he has never been without one. His first…

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Here at Scootering we have one of the top professional creative photographers in the business, Gary Chapman. Our reporter Stu Smith followed Gary on one of our recent photoshoots with Shaun Williams and his beautiful scooter ‘Peaky Blinders’. The shoot took place at the fantastic location of Somerleyton Hall and Shaun’s scooter will be one…

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When all is said and done, irrefutably, a scooter can only ever be in original, unrestored condition the once. In rallies, gatherings and the like, unrestored machines, certainly in recent(ish) times, command as much, if not more, interest from admirers as scooters that have had serious amounts of hard cash lavished on them. With spiralling…

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