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A Piaggio showroom with Vespas and Aprilia motorcycles.

New four-year warranty on Piaggio Group scooters | NEWS

Good news for anybody buying a new Vespa or Piaggio Group scooter from yesterday (19th May) onwards. Your warranty has doubled to four years! The new warranty terms will apply to all new petrol scooters (50cc - if Euro 5 and Euro 5+ on higher displacements) from the Piaggio, Vespa…

iggy-grainger20 May 2025

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Win something from the new SIP clothing range | COMPETITION

SIP have just launched a new 44-page glossy fashion and accessories catalogue featuring lots of stylish scooter-inspired designs and you could win one of them. The Germans certainly know how to make everything they do look cool and this catalogue is no different. It's packed with t-shirts, hoodies, bags and…

iggy-grainger20 May 2025

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Vespa World Days kicks off in Gijón | NEWS

Thousands of Vespa fans from around the world are converging in Gijòn, Spain, this weekend for the annual Vespa World Days event. It's the first time Spain has hosted the event in 25 years, and it should provide a great spectacle for locals and the attending Vespiti alike. Last year's…

iggy-grainger1 May 2025

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New improved Scooter Center shop goes live | NEWS

Over the weekend, Scooter Center Cologne launched its new online shop and there are plenty of useful improvements. If you already have a Scooter Center account, you'll need to reset your password when you try to login for the first time, that's because the security settings have been changed. New/improved…

iggy-grainger14 April 2025

Royal Alloy JPS - the Lambretta Series 1 style scooter from RA. Pictured in gold and red.

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New Royal Alloys break cover at Chinese show | NEWS

Royal Alloy has showcased some new models at the huge Beijing Motorcycle Exhibition in China today - including the Lambretta Series 1 style 'JPS' that we showed renderings of recently. Badged as a 150 for the domestic market, this one will arrive in the UK later this year as a…

iggy-grainger10 April 2025

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Misleading MotoGB Scomadi rumours | NEWS

A couple of weeks ago, Chorley-based multi-brand importer MotoGB started using the imagery above on their Facebook profile, hinting at a UK return for Scomadi. Remember, this is the company responsible for bringing Royal Alloy into the country until November 2024 (when RA parted ways with them). They were also…

iggy-grainger20 March 2025

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Date for your diary: SIP Scootershop Open day | NEWS

SIP have confirmed Saturday, 31st May, as the date for their annual open day at their huge headquarters in Landsberg am Lech. Last year's 30th anniversary "Festival of Performance & Style" event was attended by over 3000 people, and this year's event is likely to be similar in numbers and…

iggy-grainger13 March 2025

Readspeed silicone SuperSock to protect the Vespa oil filter.

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Readspeed Vespa GTS/Piaggio Engine Oil Filter Protector (‘Supersock’) | NEWS

That's the oil filter from a 10-month-old Vespa GTS... You know the phrase ‘out of sight, out of mind’. That is probably all the explanation needed for why Vespa and Piaggio products are not protected better against northern European winter roads covered in highly aggressive salt. The Italians don’t see…

iggy-grainger12 March 2025

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ScooterLab celebrates ninth anniversary | NEWS

Way back on this day in March 2016, we launched our little online magazine and today, SLUK celebrates its ninth anniversary - where did those years go? Back then, I had a full head of hair. ScooterLab has occupied many sleepless nights and has been the cause of lots of…

iggy-grainger7 March 2025

scomadi factory production line in Thailand 2020.

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Ironic UK comeback for Scomadi? | NEWS

If the rumours and teasers are true, it looks like Scomadi may well be landing on our shores again in the near future - with an importer we'd never have imagined possible. All's fair in love and war (and business)... Yes, former Royal Alloy importer MotoGB are hinting that they'll…

iggy-grainger4 March 2025