Rory McIntosh, Author at ScooterLab.uk (SLUK)

Modern Road Tests

THE 2018 KYMCO AK550 V TMAX 530 | ROAD TEST

When the Yamaha TMAX was introduced way back in 2001, it would have been a foolish man who suggested that Kymco would, in time, be producing a maxi scooter to rival, or at the very least compete with what was set to become THE sports maxi scooter.The Taiwanese scooter giants…

Rory McIntosh18 August 2024

Retro Features

VESPA DOUGLAS 152L2 – BROKEN AND BURNT #4 | FEATURE

Missed the story so far? This series of features were originally published back in June 2017. We've just revamped them and moved them over to this website from our Archive site. If you’d like to catch up on the first three parts of this 152L2 project you can click here…

Rory McIntosh5 July 2024

Modern Road Tests

YAMAHA NEO’S ESCOOTER PUTS THE FUN BACK INTO MOPED RIDING

The Netherlands is the number one marketplace in Europe for electric vehicles (followed by France and Germany). So it was no fluke that Yamaha chose the country for the press launch of the all-new electric NEO’s.Amsterdam itself has had a big rechargeable industry for many years with all manner of…

Rory McIntosh12 April 2022

Retro Features Retro Tech

PINASCO 251 BUILD PART 7 – CDI AND IGNITION | FEATURE

If you’ve been following our Pinasco 251 engine build features you’ll be as pleased as us that the engine is almost complete. We’ve just got a few more issues left to sort out in this episode. Building a standard or tuned engine? This is part seven of an eight-part series;…

Rory McIntosh28 March 2022

Retro Features Retro Tech

PINASCO 251 BUILD PART 8 – SHE LIVES! FEATURE

Our Pinasco 251 series has been running for longer than Forrest Gump but in reality it only took us three days to strip the old donor P2 engine and build the new 251 back in September last year. Three days of building, fettling, videoing and taking photos for this series.Once…

Rory McIntosh5 March 2022

Retro Features Retro Tech

PINASCO 251 BUILD PART 6 – CLUTCH FETTLING | FEATURE

Pinasco’s 251 Bull Clutch system solves one of the problems of the Vespa PX clutch design for powerful engines. Instead of simply mounting to the crankshaft using a woodruff key and a silent prayer, it uses a splined fit.As such, the Bull clutch is easy to assemble and dismount, but…

Rory McIntosh16 February 2022

Retro Features Retro Tech

PINASCO 251 BUILD PART 5 – BUSINESS END FITTED | WORKSHOP

The missing pieces of the jigsaw Sadly, the process of building and photographing an engine over several weeks and several venues means that pieces do inevitably get misplaced. When it came to hunting for the cylinder base gaskets (and the Pinasco instructions) for the 251 we may as well have…

Rory McIntosh9 December 2021

Retro Features Retro Tech

PINASCO 251 BUILD PART 3 – GEARBOX & PRIMARY DRIVE BUILD | WORKSHOP

So you’ve watched the previous part of Iggy’s Pinasco 251 engine build where we delved into the shady world of drive bearing shimming (yes, that’s a thing) and fitting of drive-side oil-seals. If not, go back to Part 2 here.You can also revisit the first part in the series here.For this episode…

Rory McIntosh25 November 2021

Retro Features Retro Tech

VESPA PINASCO 251 – ENGINE BUILD: PART 2 | FEATURE

We recently brought you the first part of this Pinasco 251 feature. For anybody building a large frame Vespa engine, or indeed a Pinasco 251 there will be plenty of useful info and tips contained in the articles and videos so it should prove to be a very good reference guide.This time…

Rory McIntosh11 November 2021

Retro Features Retro Tech

PINASCO 251 VESPA BUILD – PART 1 | WORKSHOP

Almost two years ago SLUK was the first scooter publication to test the Pinasco 251 engine. Essentially, the 251 is a kit of parts which you can use to build your own ‘super T5’ engine, because it is based on the T5 layout rather than the PX. Back in our…

Rory McIntosh27 October 2021