Rory McIntosh, Author at ScooterLab.uk (SLUK)

Retro Tech

BUZZWANGLE – REVOLUTIONARY IGNITION AND PORT TIMING TOOL | NEWS

Buzzwangle, that’s a funny name for a very serious new device that’s set to make sorting your ignition timing, or measuring port timing much easier on a vast number of different scooters.The Buzzwangle tool is another invention of SLUK’s own Sticky, working together with Sam Wheeler from The Scooter Republic (TSR).…

Rory McIntosh22 August 2018

Modern Modern Road Tests

THE 2018 HONDA MONKEY BIKE 125 | QUICK SPIN

Firstly let me apologise for putting what is essentially a small geared motorcycle on to ScooterLab, it’s not something we ordinarily do but this is no ordinary bike. It’s the quirky cult classic Monkey Bike, a bike that’s been around since it was adapted from a Japanese fairground ride in…

Rory McIntosh27 July 2018

Modern Road Tests

THE 2018 HONDA FORZA 125/300 | ROAD TEST

There was a certain sense of Déjà Vu about this Honda launch. Three years ago we were at the same beautiful location in the South of France to ride the new Honda Forza 125. Since then it’s sold over 30,000 units in to Europe (although not too many of those sales…

Rory McIntosh24 July 2018

Retro Tech

VESPA BIG BOX EXHAUST SHOOTOUT | TECH

Vespa (and Lambretta for that matter) box type exhausts are more popular than they’ve ever been and arguably provide comparable results to an expansion type exhaust, without the downsides. Fitting without the need to cut any panel work Changing a wheel without taking the exhaust off being able to keep…

Rory McIntosh17 July 2018

A white Vespa PX200 outisde Ron Daley Scooters showroom.

Retro Road Tests

RON DALEY SCOOTERS VESPA PX 200 | ROAD TEST

The Vespa PX 200 was (and in many cases still is) widely regarded as THE scooter rally workhorse by many. That was until the new GTS 250 came along in 2005. Tightening Euro legislation had killed the PX 200 off in 2003. Leaving just the PX 125/150 to fulfil the…

Rory McIntosh9 May 2018

The rider's eye view from a Lambretta seat.

Retro Reviews Retro Road Tests

SMALLBLOCK QUATTRINI 210 LAMBRETTA | ROAD TEST

In October 2017 Sticky brought us news of yet another Lambretta tuning development, this time from an unlikely source. Max Quattrini, a tuner famed for building fast Vespa kits. This smallblock Lambretta kit has a 68mm bore giving it a capacity of 210cc when used with a standard 58mm stroke crank.…

Rory McIntosh11 December 2017

Retro Features

VESPA DOUGLAS 152L2 – RESCUED AND RESURRECTED #3 | FEATURE

Read the series This feature has been moved over from our Archive site and restored. A nasty bug killed hundreds of features on there so we're painstakingly rebuilding them. If you’d like to catch up on the first two parts of this 152L2 project you can click here for part…

Rory McIntosh20 June 2017

A Douglas Vespa 152 L2 in lilac original paintwork, ready to be reassembled.

Retro Features

VESPA DOUGLAS 152L2 – RESCUED AND RESURRECTED #2 | FEATURE

Rebuilding the archives In case you’re confused, this article is part two of a series first published by us in 2017. We’re currently rebuilding some old corrupted articles and moving them from the SLUK Archive site to this one.The lowly Douglas was ready for collection from Disco Dez’s after Nathan…

Rory McIntosh8 June 2017

Retro Features

VESPA DOUGLAS 152L2 – RESCUED AND RESURRECTED #1 | FEATURE

Rebuilding the archives In case you're confused, this article is part one of a series first published by us in 2017. We're currently rebuilding some old corrupted articles and moving them from the SLUK Archive site to this oneToday is June the 1st 2017 and in 19 days I’ve got…

Rory McIntosh1 June 2017

Capstan & Bunsen, two mythical characters that represent ScooterLab. Capstan is the smoking beagle. he rides in the sidecar, Bunsen is the scooter riding monkey. Both escaped the facility in 2016 after being used for others experimental gain.

Modern Retro Retro News

The story behind Capstan & Bunsen | EDITORIAL

We’ve had a few enquiries about the origins of our monkey and dog logo on SLUK. Well, it turns out Capstan and Bunsen have an interesting back-story… Chapter 1 – Planning the Great Escape “Vaping is for poodles” growled Capstan as he pushed the king a square to the left…

Rory McIntosh6 September 2016