iggy-grainger, Author at ScooterLab.uk (SLUK)

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4,000 mile charity ride: Wales to Istanbul by Vespa

Welsh scooterist, Jason Ude set off last night for a gruelling 4,000-mile ride from Barry in South Wales to Istanbul, Turkey. 53-year-old Jason is doing the trip on his old Vespa GTS 250, which, in theory, makes this trip less worrying. However, he's set himself the daunting task of completing…

iggy-grainger1 July 2024

A grey Spanish Series 2 Lambretta being ridden in France.

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EUROLAMBRETTA, MAGNY COURS, FRANCE | FEATURE

France hosted the 33rd EuroLambretta rally, just as it did the very first one in Strasbourg 1989. I attended Strasbourg on my TS1-powered Lambretta chopper from the UK en route to Athens. Back then, it was a uniting of some very different worlds: Italian collectors like Vittorio Tessera and Tino…

iggy-grainger27 June 2024

Vespa W1 Racing clutch next to a Vespa Cosa clutch.

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Vespa Largeframe Clutches: W1R Proto | TECH

White One Racing’s Proto clutch (right) compared to a banded Cosa 2 clutch (left) Does W1R’s lightweight largeframe clutch offer any advantages? I can remember back to a time when the best option for a tuned PX was stronger springs for the original 7-spring clutch; fitted with a reinforcement band…

iggy-grainger24 June 2024

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Margate National Scooter Rally info | NEWS

This weekend sees the first National Scooter Rally in Margate since 2007 and it looks like being a cracker. The town has hosted some great scooter rallies over the years and also had its fair share of notoriety. Big 7 have put lots of work and even more money into…

iggy-grainger19 June 2024

Colourful scooters parked near a French beach.

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D-Day at Sea Scoot and Run – Brittany | RALLERY

Not quite the ferry we were hoping for... Sea Scoot and Run #2 is the second time this event has been held in South Brittany and what a fantastic weekend it turned out to be. Although Euro Lambretta was being held in France the following weekend, our travelling group decided…

iggy-grainger18 June 2024

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Gresini Racing Italjet Dragsters | NEWS

As part of their collaboration with Gresini Racing, Italjet has announced a MotoGP replica Dragster and a limited edition model. Available in 125, 200 and 300cc versions, the standard Gresini scooters will feature the characteristic Gresini Racing livery which has been nicely adapted to suit the lines of the Dragster.…

iggy-grainger17 June 2024

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2024 Race Season: Ben Readings #65 – Cadwell Park BSSO

Ben Readings is back on track and writing about his second full BSSO season for us. You can also keep tabs on 15-year-old George Fielder with his SLUK Rookie's report.A few days prior to this race weekend the weather drastically improved. It changed from pouring with rain every day to…

iggy-grainger13 June 2024

A drunken man crashed out on the grass outside his tent at a scooter rally in Kelso. There's a battered Vespa PX parked alongside.

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BSRA #4 Kelso National Scooter Rally | RALLERY

Regular readers here on ScooterLab will have likely heard of the Kelso scooter rally, if not attended one or more of them over the years. It’s one of the ‘set in stone’, ‘always on the calendar’ kind of rallies. Every year, its future existence as a rally is questioned, with…

iggy-grainger5 June 2024

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Peugeot ordered to pay over 1€ million to Piaggio for MP3 patent infringement | NEWS

Hot off the press. Italy's Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal filed by Peugeot Motocycles SAS and Peugeot Motocycles Italia as inadmissible. The appeal by Peugeot was against a ruling made by the court on January 16th 2023 and is in relation to the patent owned by Piaggio &…

iggy-grainger4 June 2024

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Cadwell BSSO: The highs and lows of racing – rookie George Fielder and nobbled veteran Steve Wright | FEATURE

BSSO Rookie, George Fielder turned 15 just a few days after the Cadwell meeting but he's still the youngest scooter rider to grace the tracks for many years. Juggling school and racing isn't easy and calls for a few sacrifices, but when you're as keen as mustard, getting up at…

iggy-grainger3 June 2024