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  • When scooter travel was anything but simple

    When scooter travel was anything but simple

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    Mark Lancaster

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    These days, we have the luxury of high-tech gadgets and designs to make scooter travel much simpler, but it wasn’t as easy in days gone by! Stu Owen reports… It doesn’t matter whether you’re nipping down the road for a loaf of bread or touring across Europe on a rally; scooter travel these days has…

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  • From factory standard to faster and flashier: How scooter customisation became an industry

    From factory standard to faster and flashier: How scooter customisation became an industry

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Ever since scooters came off the production line, they have been altered in one way or another to change both their appearance and performance. Stu Owen reports… Undoubtedly, both the Lambretta and Vespa were classic designs, capturing the public eye the moment they rolled off the production line in the 1940s. It wasn’t just the…

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  • The lost origins of Scootering magazine

    The lost origins of Scootering magazine

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    Mark Lancaster

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    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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  • Model F Racer

    Model F Racer

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Innocenti produced several open-frame factory racers, but none of them were as outrageous as this example from Jeff Wilkes. Within months of Lambretta production starting, Innocenti began building factory racers. Entering them into endurance races was seen as a great way to promote the Lambretta brand by proving their reliability and strong build quality. This…

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