Show Us Your Scoots

A passion for scooters, a willingness to learn and try different restoration techniques, combined with great ideas pull together this lovely ride… ready to be mercilessly thrashed! In deepest darkest Duckinfield, Greater Manchester, nestled in the shadows of the village church, resides the modern suburban residence of Barrie Woodcock – aka ‘Dangerous Baz’ – a…

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The final scooter in Graham’s Vespa Trilogy is a beautiful Rally 200. Unlike his other Vespa creations, there’s no 30+hbp motor, no wide-wheel conversion and no lowrider front end…just a beautiful machine, which is ridden not hidden. In the uplifting words of Jeff Lynne and his Light Orchestra: “Sun is shinin’ in the sky, There…

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Take the undisputed high quality art work of Paul Karslake and the meticulously thorough workmanship of Atoms Scooters. Combine the two on a thoroughbred 1970 Italian Grand Prix scooter, with a custom theme based loosely around legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix and volia: a recipe for a modern day masterpiece. Paul Karslake’s superb murals on Midnight…

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One-owner scooters are seemingly coming out of the woodwork at an ever increasing rate, some having seen constant use, others having laid dormant until a spark of interest rekindles a dwindled interest. The 1959 GL150 you see before you is one of the latter sort, having been in cold storage since the late Sixties, and…

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Scooter restorations don’t always turn out the way you expected. In our latest trip back in time through the Scootering magazine archive, we take a look at Graham Dent’s 1972 Rally 180.   Purchased just over a year ago the original plan was to restore the scooter. Graham says: “It was complete, but barely running,…

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Life with scooters doesn’t always run smooth. Gav Watson learned the hard way, as this classic feature from the Scootering archives reveals… There are two types of custom scooter: the all-out show stopper in its clean, sparkly, glittering glory, and the road going custom which has a distinctly used feel about it (and so it…

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There are many gems lurking in the vast archives of Scootering – including the tale of Graham D’s Vespa 150S…   Graham is one of that ever-increasing bunch who found their way to scootering comparatively late in life. A series of fast bikes preceded the interest, and a succession of bad ‘offs’, combined with matrimonial…

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Step into the Scootering time machine, back to July 2007, and cast your eye over this lovely Vespa we featured… I like subtle, and I like subtle touches. Granted that’s maybe not the best way to describe myself I (or some of my scoots), but it’s not me or mine under the spotlight here, it’s…

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From the depths of the vast Scootering archive we bring you a classic feature from the heady days of July 2007. This is Paolo Catani’s Lambretta 125 D Racer… It’s easy to forget in today’s world of off-the-shelf consumerism that much of what we take for granted today has evolved from small beginnings many years…

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