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2024 Race Season: Ben Readings #65 – Cadwell Park BSSO

Ben Readings is back on track and writing about his second full BSSO season for us. You can also keep tabs on 15-year-old George Fielder with his SLUK Rookie's report.A few days prior to this race weekend the weather drastically improved. It changed from pouring with rain every day to…

iggy-grainger13 June 2024

A drunken man crashed out on the grass outside his tent at a scooter rally in Kelso. There's a battered Vespa PX parked alongside.

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BSRA #4 Kelso National Scooter Rally | RALLERY

Regular readers here on ScooterLab will have likely heard of the Kelso scooter rally, if not attended one or more of them over the years. It’s one of the ‘set in stone’, ‘always on the calendar’ kind of rallies. Every year, its future existence as a rally is questioned, with…

iggy-grainger5 June 2024

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Cadwell BSSO: The highs and lows of racing – rookie George Fielder and nobbled veteran Steve Wright | FEATURE

BSSO Rookie, George Fielder turned 15 just a few days after the Cadwell meeting but he's still the youngest scooter rider to grace the tracks for many years. Juggling school and racing isn't easy and calls for a few sacrifices, but when you're as keen as mustard, getting up at…

iggy-grainger3 June 2024

An aerial view of SIP Scootershop's massive headquarters in Germany, taken during their 2024 open day.

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3,000 guests celebrate SIP’s 30th anniversary | NEWS

SIP Scootershop has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, in typical style, with a massive open day for 3,000 guests. Glorious sunshine helped to make the event go with a bang, as did the dyno battle. SIP's tech guy, Jesco set the bar high with his 84bhp Egig 400 Vespa! He…

iggy-grainger29 May 2024

Casa Performance Lambretta doing a burnout in Italy.

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1st 2T Show by Valle Del Rubicone Corse | FEATURE

Ever wondered where the new generation of scooter nutter will come from? That’s something which is often discussed. People want their scene to carry on but equally, they don’t want it changed. As every new generation arrives they do make changes. The world does not stand still. Who needs porn?…

iggy-grainger28 May 2024

34 classic scooters racing to the first corner at the Whilton Mill Scooter Endurance in May 2024.

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The Whilton Mill 8 – Scooter Endurance Racing | FEATURE

After last year's biblical Whilton Mill, all the stars aligned for our return and it stayed warm and dry for the whole meeting. Much to the relief of all who survived last year! If you've missed our previous features on British Scooter Endurance Club events do a Google search for…

iggy-grainger23 May 2024

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Return of the Bodysnatchers | RALLERY

As I was working late on the Friday night I missed the ‘Return of the Bodysnatchers’ pre-party party. I also missed the amazing Northern Lights display that just about everyone in the UK is talking about, it's OK, I'm not jealous, honest.So I set off reasonably early on the Saturday,…

iggy-grainger21 May 2024

A custom Lambretta GP sat against black railings overlooking the sea in Tenby, South Wales.

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BSRA #3: Tenby National Scooter Rally 2024 | RALLERY

So, I've got a few weeks to do a major engine rebuild before I head off to Tenby, plenty of time... Fast forward to 10 pm the night before I'm due to leave for deepest, darkest South Wales and I've finally finished, pretty normal for me.Friday morning and I'm meeting…

iggy-grainger13 May 2024

Vibrant metalflake custom painted Lambrettas sat in the Italian sunshine.

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Scooter Rally Toscano: Elba 2024 | RALLERY

Work it out. How many riding years have you got left? Have you marked off all your must-do-once rally list yet? If Elba wasn’t ticked off on that list (and it should be, along with legendary events like IoW and Giro dei Tre Mari) then you were in trouble. For…

iggy-grainger9 May 2024

Scooters racing at Lydden Hill in Kent in from of the huge Lydden Hill sign.

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2024 season: Ben Readings #65 – Lydden Hill | BSSO scooter racing

Last year's SLUK BSSO rookie, Ben Readings is back for his second full scooter racing season and will be writing about his exploits for us. With racing, the learning never stops and most riders have some demons to exorcise, most of them psychological. In Ben's case, wet weather and race…

iggy-grainger8 May 2024