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BSSO scooter racing season finale – Cadwell Park | PREVIEW

If you’re not riding down to Woolacombe this weekend why not head over to Cadwell Park for the BSSO scooter racing season finale? The meeting takes place on Saturday 23rd-Sunday 24th September and is bound to be action-packed as the various classes and championships get wrapped up. Here's a quick…

iggy-grainger21 September 2023

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This weekend: Green Light Scooters present Scooter Shootout | EVENT

This coming weekend sees Green Light Scooters and Straightliners running their first joint Scooter Shootout event at Melbourne Raceway, near York. The event is open to all scooters and gives riders a chance to ride flat out up a sprint track to see what the sport is all about. Sprinting…

iggy-grainger14 September 2023

A Honda C90 being used to ride sol to Tagikstan by British female rider Chloe Jones.

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Part 1: On The Loose – Honda C90 Adventure: Overland from UK to Tajikistan | FEATURE

Two-wheeled adventures come in many forms, from big-budget trips to as basic as they can get. 25-year-old Chloe Jones has opted for the latter. Having been inspired by the adventures of Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman, the Welsh lass decided she needed to head to Kazikstan... solo on an old…

iggy-grainger15 June 2023

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Vespa GTS: Riding the Outer Hebrides | FEATURE

Like most of us when we got our first scooters we all wanted to go off and ride and explore far-flung places. The excitement of youth, not a care in the world or any idea how these journeys were to be planned or even financed. At sixteen I had my…

iggy-grainger23 May 2023

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MCIA conference; biofuels & charging infrastructure | FEATURE

We recently attended the Motorcycle Industry Association’s annual conference at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. The main topic of conversation was the planned end date for new fossil fuel motorcycles/scooters and the massive rollout of electric solutions. Synthetic and biofuels were also discussed. Could they be a future solution?…

iggy-grainger30 January 2023

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A-Z of Scooters at Motorcycle Live 2022

This week it’s Motorcycle Live at the NEC and we were there yesterday to check out some of the scooters on offer. Last year’s show was still mid-pandemic and it still felt a little strange, in fact, during the 2021 show, the Covid regulations changed halfway through, which put a…

iggy-grainger22 November 2022

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Save cash at Motorcycle Live 2022 | TICKETS & INFO

This weekend sees the UK's biggest bike show opening its doors at the NEC in Birmingham. Motorcycle Live in association with Bikesure will run from November 19th-27th. Of course, most of our readers will be most interested in seeing the latest new scooters in the flesh. If you're into modern…

iggy-grainger16 November 2022

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Tucano Urbano’s recycled ‘Good Wheels’ range | NEWS

The winter Tucano Urbano collection is available now and includes quite a few new products. Their new ‘Good Wheels’ range of clothing is made from polyester derived from plastic bottles and other recycled products. The Good Wheels range also uses less packaging and is designed to be repairable so not…

iggy-grainger25 October 2022

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TAKE YOUR TEST – OR ARE YOU AN ‘L’ PLATE LOSER? | FEATURE

Rebuilding the archives This feature was originally published on our old ScooterLab website. A virus corrupted hundreds of old articles leaving them unreadable. We're slowly rebuilding many of the important ones and moving them over to this site. We're publishing them on the same date as they were originally released…

Rory McIntosh16 February 2021

The ferry from Split to Ancona with hundreds of scooters waiting to board.

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Vespa World Days Croatia #3 | FEATURE

If you need a recap before reading the final part of this epic trip, have a look back at Part 2.VIDEO: Have a look at what you missed at Vespa World Days Croatia. Day ten: Time to Split Sunday, the morning after the night before. Sore heads, hazy recollections and stories involving…

Rory McIntosh10 April 2016