Scootering Magazine

Paul Green’s Room 101

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Mark Lancaster

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9th May 2026

Scootering contributor Paul Green revisits the idea of ‘Room 101’ through a scooterist’s eyes, reflecting on the influence of George Orwell and Paul Weller before consigning some long-standing Lambretta frustrations, Mod fashion trends, potholes and modern racing restrictions to the symbolic room. Recently, I was reading an article about George Orwell, and it reminded me…
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Custom Vespa PX125 street racer: Gwyn Thomas’ 38-year journey to his first scooter

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd April 2026

First bitten by the scooter bug at 18, it wasn’t until 2023 – 38 years later – that Gwyn Thomas finally made the leap and bought his first scooter. We asked Stu Smith to find out more… Stu: How did you get into scooters? GT: I’ve always been interested in them, but I’ve never been…
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It’s more than just a scooter…

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Mark Lancaster

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24th February 2026

Paul Green reflects on why Lambretta means so much to him. In this article for Scootering Magazine, he explores the history, the attitude and the culture built around the Lambretta. Opening Reflection Keep going. Keep riding. Keep showing up, even when it’s raining, your clutch cable’s snapped and your tent’s leaking. I was talking to…
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Get a full year of Scootering Magazine for just £59.99 – plus a FREE Meguiar’s cleaning kit worth £99!

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Mark Lancaster

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10th February 2026

Scootering Magazine is offering readers a full year of the world’s leading scooter title for just £59.99, with a **FREE!!** Meguiar’s cleaning kit worth £99 included as part of a limited-time subscription offer. Why Scootering Magazine remains essential reading Scootering Magazine is the indispensable guide to everything that makes scootering a way of life, bringing…
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The drums are silent – Rick Buckler reflection

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Mark Lancaster

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4th February 2026

An article by Paul Green from the April 2025 issue of Scootering reflecting on Rick Buckler and his place within the music of The Jam. The piece draws on personal memories, live performances, recordings, and later life, as presented in the original magazine text. Since mid-1977, one of the main soundtracks to my life (and…
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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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Money Pit: Inside Louie Burn’s Lambretta Li Series 2 ‘Wee Monster’ Resto-Mod

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Mark Lancaster

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22nd January 2026

Building the scooter you’ve always dreamed of is rarely the easy option. It’s a journey that demands focus, commitment and no small amount of emotional decision-making — something Louie Burn discovered first-hand with his Lambretta Li Series 2 resto-mod, fittingly named ‘Money Pit’, or as builder Craig Hutchison calls it, “a wee monster.” Like many…
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First-Generation Mods: A 1960s Scooter Story of Vespas, Lambrettas and the Birth of a Scene

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Mark Lancaster

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21st January 2026

While reading the February 2025 issue of Scootering, Ray Burt came across the article Tell us what you’re thinking and noted readers’ calls for more coverage of the original Mod era. What follows is Ray’s personal account of being part of the first generation of Mods during the mid-1960s — a time when scooters, music…
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Inside the Innocenti Factory: The Lambretta Dealer Conventions That Helped Shape Britain’s Scooter Boom

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Mark Lancaster

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20th January 2026

For Lambretta dealers, understanding how their scooters were built went far beyond brochures and sales literature. The most effective way to appreciate the quality, scale and ambition behind the brand was to see it for themselves — inside the Innocenti factory in Milan. These factory visits, organised as official dealer conventions, became a defining feature…
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Scooter Tuning in the 1980s: When Loud Pipes Mattered More Than Speed

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Mark Lancaster

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14th January 2026

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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