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2025 Yamaha Tricity 125 cornering with female rider.

New Yamaha Tricity 125: Love the way I move? | NEWS

Yamaha's popular 125cc Tricity 3-wheeler has just been updated for 2025 with a fresh new look and higher specification. Styling on the 2025 Tricity 125 has been refined, with new compact front and rear bodywork. The shorter nose and tail align it with the larger Tricity 300. The rear body…

iggy-grainger27 May 2025

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New 35-litre rucksack/tail pack from Pyramid | NEWS

British motorcycle accessory specialist Pyramid has added a new 35-litre rucksack to their 2025 range of luggage. With 35 litres of storage space, it's big enough for a weekend's worth of stuff for a rally and the rucksack bridges the gap nicely between Pyramid's existing 20 and 40-litre roll-top bags.…

iggy-grainger21 May 2025

A Piaggio showroom with Vespas and Aprilia motorcycles.

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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

The 2025 Yamaha TMAX Tech MAX in Dark Magma and Ceramic Grey.

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2025 Yamaha TMAX Tech MAX – What’s new? | REVIEW

If you're in mainland Europe and looking for the most luxurious and high-performance large-capacity sports maxi-scooter, you're likely eyeing up Yamaha’s top-selling TMAX. Among Yamaha’s sports scooter lineup, the flagship model is the TMAX Tech MAX. This is also the only version you can buy in the UK this year.…

iggy-grainger8 April 2025

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Longtermer part 2: 2024 Yamaha XMAX 300 | REVIEW

It's been a while since we brought you an update on the longterm XMAX 300 we've had in the SLUK garage for the past few months. To be honest, it's only been used a few times over winter (working from home means the morning commute is only down a flight…

iggy-grainger24 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