Show Us Your Scoots

Another trip down memory lane with Dave O, this is a scooter that should put a smile on anyone’s face… The Parades Gone By. This month we re-run the celluloid to track down the whereabouts of another ‘classic’ Vespa P-range which first hit the show and rally circuit in this form in the early 90s,…

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Second time around, it’s said, is often better than the first time. If this 1964 Lambretta could talk, I’ve a feeling it would agree with that statement. As would owner and rebuilder of this Li 150 Pacemaker Special, Mark ‘Nobby’ Byron who is now on his second tenure… I’m having that… At the age of…

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SCOOTERING GOES NUCLEAR WITH HARRY BARLOW OF H-BOMB SCOOTERS… 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… H -Bomb Scooters In between the Smoky Salford Tops and the Jam Butty Mines of Liverpool, lies the…

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Double-take: A hard-ridden TSI-230, five-speed motor, strapped into a deliciously painted Lambretta chassis and sitting in a particularly drool-worthy environment. It made me look twice. The year is 1979. Thatcher’s Britain is out on strike, unemployment reigns during the winter of discontent, Sid Vicious is found dead in his hotel room and the Yorkshire Ripper…

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Malossi 231cc Atoms splits the Vespa! In the scootering world people sometimes embark on outlandish projects and ideas to which the readership of Scootering pose the question… why did they do it? The answer often comes back… because I can! This tricked up Malossi 231cc, fully loaded with extra goodies, is a prime example of…

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Despite its clear sprint-race design, this monster has a Jekyll & Hyde power delivery, first lulling you into a gentle sense of security…before ripping like a wild animal. Check out the Moto Mekanic Vespa… Vespas are scooters which are immersed in everyday Italian life as well as being a basis for Italian culture. They are…

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Businesslike. That’s how I’d describe the Faro Basso Sei Giorni replica belonging to Stefan Manoli. No frills, everything is there that needs to be there, and it’s not carrying any unnecessary baggage. Everything about it says that it’s not just for show, but for riding hard. My kind of scooter… It’s funny… sometimes both the…

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After 20 years in the dark, the coffin door creaked open, and a team of specialists were brought in to breathe new life into… Bones! The ‘slightly modified’ scooter you see here has been owned by Trevor Roffley for the past 34 years. He bought it as a bog standard 1967 LI 150 in 1982…

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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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