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

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SIP speedo competition: We have a winner! | NEWS

Well, that little competition turned out to be much bigger than anticipated! Thanks to everybody who took the time to send in an entry to try and win a new T5 SIP speedo. We had T5 Mark 1 owners from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Spain, Greece,…

iggy-grainger7 December 2023

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Game-changing Kymco Ionex battery swap tech | FEATURE

Kymco are the market leading scooter, motorcycle, ATV and mobility scooter manufacturer in their homeland of Taiwan and have been for the past 22 years. They still continue to produce and develop new ICE, (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles, like the superb AK550, Downtown 350 and CV3. However, Kymco's vision is…

iggy-grainger7 December 2023

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SIP Vespa T5 Speedo competition: Final entrants | PART 4

This is the final batch of entrants for the SIP T5 speedo competition (you can catch up on the other entrants here) and we'll reveal the winner later today. SIP won't have these speedos available for customers until the end of February but if you're the lucky winner you'll be…

iggy-grainger7 December 2023

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Does your area boast the smoothest/worst potholed roads in Britain? | NEWS

Potholes seem to be the scourge of Great Britain, our roads are more akin to a Third World war zone than a peaceful developed nation. The AA recently advised drivers to avoid puddles after a record month for pothole-damage related call outs. Of course the danger for riders far…

iggy-grainger6 December 2023

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SIP Vespa T5 Speedo competition entries | PART 3

It seems there are lots of T5 Mark 1 owners who need a new speedo with a working rev counter! Here's part three of our competition entries. Tomorrow we'll have the final batch (providing we don't get loads more flooding in) and will pick a winner. If you've missed out…

iggy-grainger6 December 2023

SIP speedo for Vespa T5, shown lit up with all dials and digital screens.

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SIP Vespa T5 speedo comp entries | PART 2

It seems like lots of SLUK readers want to win a new SIP speedo for their T5! You can see the first eight entrants in part one here. And if you want to find out how you can enter just have a read of this post from last week. More…

iggy-grainger5 December 2023

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SIP Vespa T5 speedo comp entries | PART 1

Our Vespa T5 SIP speedo competition has had our virtual mailbox overflowing over the weekend! Entries are flooding in so we've decided to show a selection in part 1 and follow that up with another two parts during this week. If you own a T5 and haven't already entered, you…

iggy-grainger4 December 2023

Vespa (RED) Primavera as part of the collaboration for World AIDS Day 2023.

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Vespa and (Red) together at World AIDS Day 2023 | NEWS

Tomorrow, December 1st is World AIDS Day and Vespa will host a special event at their Milan Motoplex. In an open talk hosted by Elena Di Cioccio and Lavinia Farnese, they'll be raising awareness about sexual education. Aimed at broaching a topic that is often neglected, especially by younger people. Vespa…

iggy-grainger30 November 2023

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Win a new SIP T5 speedo worth £277 | COMPETITION

Earlier this year we announced that SIP would be releasing a new speedo for the original Vespa T5, well they're finally ready for production and one T5-owning SLUK reader can win one. Original parts for the T5 are getting pretty hard to find now and the T5 mark 1 speedos…

iggy-grainger30 November 2023

Honda EM e 1 scooter sat beside the swappable batteries at EICMA.

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Honda accelerates electric growth and aims to reduce price | NEWS

At a press briefing in Tokyo, Japan, earlier today Honda set out its plans for the future of its electric motorcycle and scooter business. Having only just released the EM1e in Europe (Honda's first electric scooter), the Japanese giant, whose motto "The Power of Dreams - How we move you"…

iggy-grainger29 November 2023