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  • SIP Vespa Joyride 2026: Riders from Scotland to Delhi Join Summer Scooter Run

    SIP Vespa Joyride 2026: Riders from Scotland to Delhi Join Summer Scooter Run

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Vespa enthusiasts travelled from Scotland, Delhi and across Germany to join SIP Scootershop’s 2026 summer Joyride. The 55km ride took participants through the Landsberg district, finishing at Lake Ammersee for food, drinks and plenty of scooter chat. SIP’s summer Joyride Enthusiasts came from Scotland, Delhi and across Germany to join SIP Scootershop’s 55km summer run…

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  • Scooterboys and the Terraces: Where Scooter Culture Meets Football Fashion

    Scooterboys and the Terraces: Where Scooter Culture Meets Football Fashion

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    Mark Lancaster

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    From the turnstiles to the streets, scooters and football terrace culture have long shared the same language of movement, identity and quiet rebellion. What started on the streets and match days evolved into a look that still exists in British youth culture today. Stu Smith investigates… Long before heritage became a marketing term, scooterboys were…

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  • The Strasbourg Effect: How the first EuroLambretta changed everything

    The Strasbourg Effect: How the first EuroLambretta changed everything

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    Mark Lancaster

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    This year marks the 35th EuroLambretta, but back in 1989, the very first EuroLambretta was a far rougher affair: city-centre car parks, flooded campsites, soggy maps, failing electrics, and a ticket scramble that left plenty of riders fuming. Stuart Owen looks back at Strasbourg, the event that wasn’t perfect, but changed everything. Hundreds of Lambretta…

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  • From the January 2026 issue: Send Us a Postcard

    From the January 2026 issue: Send Us a Postcard

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Originally published in the January 2026 issue of Scootering, this “Send Us a Postcard” feature brought together two very different scooter adventures — Rob Darling’s LEJOG journey and the Wasps of London Ride of Remembrance. Every month, we love to share your adventures, both big and small. Whether it’s a local rideout, a rally at…

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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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  • A Way of Life

    A Way of Life

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    Mark Lancaster

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    When a Mod-style scooter is done right, it will always turn heads. Completed with meticulous attention to detail, Steve Poole’s scooter stands as a tribute to Mod subculture built with style, spirit and identity… When it comes to scooters that truly embody the spirit of the Mod scene, few machines do so quite like Steve…

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  • FREE 100-page digital magazine celebrates the best of classic scooters and motorcycles

    FREE 100-page digital magazine celebrates the best of classic scooters and motorcycles

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Scooter fans can now enjoy a brand-new free digital showcase magazine, packed with more than 100 pages of brilliant reading from across our classic titles. Available to read online now, the free magazine brings together a wide mix of features, photography and stories from the world of classic scooters, motorcycles and more — making it…

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  • The thorny issue of day tickets

    The thorny issue of day tickets

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Should scooter rallies be ticket-only? Stu Owen reports… Since the age of the properly organised rally scene began, thousands of scooterists have attended them. The Nationals led the way and, while they were free — you can’t cordon off an entire seaside resort — there were some parts we had to pay for. Camping and…

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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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  • Is there a gap in the retro scooter market?

    Is there a gap in the retro scooter market?

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Paul Green considers the retro scooter market and its potential for high-capacity fun. For some years I’ve noticed that while scooters are very much a lifestyle thing in our community they are by no means exclusive, and many scooterists also own and enjoy motorcycles. Part of the original design philosophy for scooters was a clean,…

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