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

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Three new small capacity scooters from Suzuki | NEWS

Suzuki have unveiled a new Burgman Street 125EX alongside two other new scooters at Intermot in Cologne, Germany. The trio of learner legal scooters all use the same proven air-cooled Eco Performance (SEP) engine which is capable of 148.67mpg. The Burgman benefits from extra features though including Engine Auto Stop-Start…

iggy-grainger4 October 2022

Modern Retro Retro Features

Retrospective Scooters electric scooter conversions | FEATURE

You’ve got to admire the fine looking collection of classic scooters pictured above. Look a bit closer and you’ll spot the (not quite finished) Lambretta isn’t quite as ‘Innocenti’ as the Italians envisaged it back in the day and those four Vespas weren’t how they left Pontedera either. All these…

iggy-grainger4 October 2022

Retro Retro News

Minusschrauber Rollerklub Bremen – German sprint meeting | NEWS

Scooter sprinting is in the news this week thanks to British rider, Adie Horrocks cracking off a 122.30mph flying run on his BFA 244 Vespa at Elvington over the weekend. Of course, naturally we think of Germany when it comes to fast Vespas – the Germans and Austrians are Vespa…

iggy-grainger29 September 2022

Adie Horrocks 122mph Vespa run image by Phil Evans Images

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Adie Horrocks: World’s fastest Vespa – 122mph? | NEWS

Last weekend at a Straightliners Top Speed event at Elvington, British sprinter, Adie Horrocks blasted his smallframe Vespa down the runway at an astonishing 122mph. As far as we’re aware, that’s faster than any Vespa has ever been officially recorded. It’s faster than the 1950s factory streamliner (103mph), faster than…

iggy-grainger28 September 2022

Modern Retro

Mersea Island caption competition | WINNER

Our recent Mersea Island caption competition produced a few cheeky entries and we’ve chosen a winner to receive a free ScooterLab t-shirt. That winning entry was by Gary Wilkiinson who came up with this caption “That reminds me …. I must worm the dog when I get home!!” Get in…

iggy-grainger27 September 2022

Retro Retro Events Retro Features

British Scooter Endurance Club – Round 3 | The Tside6

The third and final round of the British Scooter Endurance Club Championships took place recently at a fairly wet Teesside Autodrome. This was the seventh BSEC event since its inception in September 2019 and it just gets better and better.Get involved If you’ve not yet ‘got into’ scooter endurance racing…

iggy-grainger22 September 2022

Retro Retro Events Retro Features

Mersea Island 2022 | RALLERY

The Colchester DVLC’s Mersea Island is a rally that many look forward to and this year was no exception, all of the 2000 tickets available sold out quickly meaning that many were left disappointed. The team have limited the amount of tickets available for those using four wheels to ensure…

iggy-grainger20 September 2022

Retro Retro Events Retro Features

Scooter Center SCOOTERIST WEEKENDER | RALLERY

Scooter Center Köln’s 30th anniversary was certainly a worthy celebration. Customisers and dealers from all over Europe met in the German city of Cologne to display state-of-the-art scooter culture. Essentially, this was a one day event set in a spacious (20,000 sq ft) airport hangar converted to a stylish exhibition…

iggy-grainger16 September 2022

Retro Retro News

Pinasco– 251cc smallframe @ Scooter Center Show! | NEWS

Yet another soon-to-be-released ‘swap-in’ engine launched at the Scooter Centre show, but this time for Vespa Smallframes… How times change. I remember well the days when 135cc was the upper limit of smallframe Vespa road tuning. Very soon you’ll be able to buy a self-assembly 250cc engine over the counter.…

iggy-grainger15 September 2022

Retro Retro Events

BSRA #7 ISLE OF WIGHT NATIONAL SCOOTER RALLY 2022 | RALLERY

August bank holiday weekend 2022 has been and gone already. It’s frightening to think that a full calendar year of scooter events has now passed since we got the go ahead to meet in large numbers again after the dreaded pandemic and its restrictions. The Sandown Airport official Isle of…

iggy-grainger13 September 2022