Show Us Your Scoots

Built in tribute to a man who enjoys the finer aspects of existence, this Quattrini LC-T5 is all about living the life of, well, Reilly. Owner, builder and rider of This Is The Life’, Francis ‘Frankie’ Fountain, gave his trick T5 street racer its distinctive name as a tribute to the life of his father-in-law…

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Every scooter has a story to tell but not many of them involve daytime TV. The reality TV show American Pickers follows two men as they travel around the USA seeking out hidden antiques and collectables. It’s a format that’s created a host of imitators and it’s thanks to the German version that this Series…

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Every custom scooter has its own creation story, but I don’t think many have a story like this. It starts over a few drinks, as many do, but, unlike most, it involves an act of generosity rather than some scribbles on a beer mat. The old-school approach… Simon Rickers is the owner of this fine…

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Engine transplants are nothing new, but getting them right is more art than science. After a decade of work Gunny is almost there… Transplant surgery In the mid-1980s Alan Rosser embarked on an ill-fated project to bring a Yamaha-engined Lambretta into production. That story is best consigned to history, but it left a lasting legacy.…

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The Sentinal first graced the pages of Scootering Magazine back in 1988. Fast-forward and this classic is looking better than ever… One thing I’ve come to realise is that the owners of high class customs are a breed apart. What separates them from other scooterists is an eye for detail and being satisfied with nothing…

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A short while back we featured a GTS, copy DTC. “Never!” purists cried. Eat your words – here’s the one and only ‘official’ Maca GTS. The times they are a changin’… Love them or hate them there’s no denying the popularity of autos among rally going scooterists. Those who’ve caught the bug enthuse about their…

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Luca Luck lived up to his name by finding a scooter he’d been tragically separated from for almost 20 years. He tells the story… In 1990 I was living in Florida, looking through Trader magazine and saw a Jet 200 for $350. I waited all day for my father to get home to show him.…

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A Rusty little Rat, which hides a powerful street-sleeper engine inside… just the thing for eating up Harleys out on the road! There has always been a counter culture in scootering for ‘more go than show’ especially in modern times as increasingly powerful performance kits have become available. Call them what you want: street-sleepers, rusterations,…

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Driven by the desire to distinguish their products from competitors, scooter dealers offered ‘special’ machines stimulate an air of exclusivity and individuality to cus attended rallies in the 1950s, something the emerging scene was quick to embrace as a ready-made style statement. Allied with the newly devised and financially liberating hire purchase schemes, a prospective…

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For those of us scootering back when it wasn’t sacrilege to cut-up a perfectly good full frame the cutdown can be a thing of beauty… You often find these cutdown machines have evolved as a result of accident or age related damage. I remember stunners with exotic names like Tangerine Dream, Mirage and TV21 which…

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