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Honda’s 125 & 350 Forza get new colours for 2026 | NEWS

Ahead of next week's prestigious EICMA Show in Milan, manufacturers are starting to reveal some of their updates and changes for MY26. Honda's learner-legal 125 and mid-capacity 350 Forza are getting new colour options for 2026. The duo had a comprehensive update for 25MY and already have electrically adjustable screens, a…

iggy-grainger28 October 2025

Yamaha NMAX Tech Max 155 parked against a modern city background.

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NEW Yamaha NMAX 155 Tech MAX & £600 accessory offer | NEWS

Yamaha is introducing a higher capacity, higher spec version of its very popular NMAX for 2026, and there are also some great incentives on offer if you buy one of the existing NMAX/XMAX models before the end of the year. If you want to read all about the NMAX 125,…

iggy-grainger21 October 2025

A Royal Alloy TG350 bring ridden in the English countryside.

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The Royal Alloy TG 350 | ROAD TEST

Many classic scooter riders love to hate them, but it’s hard to ignore Royal Alloy, especially if you’re a road-going scooterist. Go on any scooter rally or ride out, and you’ll see them in great numbers. If you were at the Isle of Wight this year, you’ll no doubt have…

iggy-grainger20 October 2025

Deus Ex Machina BMW CE 02 parked alongside a standard version with lobster pots in the background.

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A morning with the BMW CE 02 | ROAD TEST

There are three reasons for manufacturer press events, where journalists are invited to ride a scooter or bike and have their picture taken, with lunch provided. Either it’s a new model, or it’s been significantly updated...or the maker wants to remind us all that it exists. Such was the case…

iggy-grainger6 October 2025

The 2025 Yamaha TMAX TechMax in ceramic grey being ridden through the Chatsworth Estate.

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The 2025 Yamaha TMAX 560 | ROAD TEST

Yamaha's TMAX set the benchmark for sports scooters when it was first released back in 2001 and is now into its 9th generation. Over the years, it has sold over 400,000 units worldwide; surprisingly, 85% of those sales have been in Europe. Italy, France and Spain are the three biggest…

iggy-grainger23 September 2025

The Gresini Italjet Dragster 700 sat outside the pit garage at Imola.

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The Italjet Dragster 700 Twin | FIRST RIDE

Italjet have always liked to do things their own way. Whether that be the myriad of quirky or iconic bikes they produced over the years, or, of course, the one model we scooter nuts remember best. The original Italjet Dragster. Well, Italjet, now under the direction of the original owner’s…

iggy-grainger18 September 2025

Aprilia SR GT 125 special RS GP edition scooter pictured on a race track.

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Aprilia MotoGP special editions | NEWS

We all love a special edition, especially when it's a race rep like this MotoGP-inspired Aprilia SR GT 125. Aprilia's SR GT 125 is an adventure-style scooter (we reviewed it here), but it works well with this replica of the paintwork that adorns Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi's bikes in…

iggy-grainger10 September 2025

BMW's Vision CE being ridden in the desert.

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Introducing BMW’s Vision CE – no helmet required | NEWS

Twenty-five years ago, BMW released their roofed scooter, the C1 (pictured above in Williams colours). Having a roof on the C1 meant you didn't legally need to ride with a helmet. Unsurprisingly, the four-stroke 125cc BMW C1 was unconventional back in the early 2000s. A quarter of a century later,…

iggy-grainger1 September 2025

Black Casa special edition lambretta x300...

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Special edition ‘Casa Lambretta’ Lambretta X300 | NEWS

Coming to the UK in October, and available to order now, this limited edition Casa Lambretta X300 special edition. Worldwide, there will be 999 of these Casa Lambretta special edition models available. They're already on sale in scooter-mad Thailand, and the UK is set to receive just 36 of them,…

iggy-grainger20 August 2025

Piaggio Liberty 125 in white against an industrial background.

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Piaggio Liberty 125 | ROAD TEST

We ride and test lots of scooters on ScooterLab, from high-powered two strokes to maxi scoots, but scooters like the Piaggio Liberty 125 are just as important in the real world. Scooters were first built to mobilise people, designed for use as a workhorse, where cost and reliability were essential…

iggy-grainger19 August 2025