custom scooter

A lifetime to build a dream…

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd July 2026

Built to honour a lifetime of ambition, friendship and love. Ralph Appleby’s Lambretta TV200 is a deeply personal tribute machine realised through decades of patience, loyalty and belief. There are moments in scootering when a machine transcends its physical form. When metal, fuel and rubber stop being just components and instead become chapters in a…
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Coal, Steel and Two-Stroke: Phil Joyce’s mining tribute Vespa PX

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Mark Lancaster

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18th June 2026

More than a custom scooter, Phil Joyce’s PX is a deeply personal build that pays tribute to hard graft and turns lived experience into art. Stu Smith finds out more. A tribute to life underground Phil Joyce grew up on the John O’Groats estate in Rothwell, near Leeds, where mining was part of everyday life.…
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Cut-Down, Fired Up

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Mark Lancaster

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31st January 2026

After hearing about Mark Baker’s custom TL 200 cut-down Scomadi street-racer, we asked Stu Smith to find out more… Sc: How did you first get into scooters?MB: I was originally into motorbikes, but after giving them up, I wanted something more laid-back. That’s when I bought a TL 125 Scomadi to ride with my brother-in-law.…
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