1980s scooter scene
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The lost origins of Scootering magazine
Most scooter historians know that Scootering is the child of Back Street Heroes but, as Stan explains, that’s only part of the story… In August 1981, I’d nursed my Vespa 50 Special to Scarborough, where word of mouth said that there was to be a large gathering of scooters. The previous year a group of…
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Scooter Tuning in the 1980s: When Loud Pipes Mattered More Than Speed
During the mid-1980s, scooter tuning was often less about outright speed and more about sound, image and the feeling of performance. In a reflective new column, Stu Owen looks back at an era when expansion pipes, noise and perceived power defined the tuning scene — even when the speedometer barely moved. Writing as part of…
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