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Scooterist wearing Doc martins kickstarting a yellow street racer Lambretta.

Kickstarting 2024 – BSRA #1 Whitby National Scooter Rally

Some kids grow up thinking Easter is all about the rising of Christ (or the eating of chocolate eggs) but it's not. We all know it's time to point scooters towards the seaside! Children and grandchildren of scooterists grow up wondering where their parents – or granny and grandad have…

iggy-grainger10 April 2024

A line up of classic custom scooters against a wall at Dawlish scooter rally.

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South West Scooter Clubs present Dawlish pre-season | RALLERY

Those wonderful folk in the SWSC certainly know how to find a great venue and how to put on a great event, Dawlish proved to be another to add to that list. Since the sad demise of the excellent Teignmouth rally, which many looked forward to as the start of…

iggy-grainger9 April 2024

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Los Motos Locos – Run to the Canaries | FEATURE

There's a good-sized, vibrant scooter scene among ex-pats living in Spain. With regular events, ride outs and gatherings they can ride year-round in relative warmth. Los Motos Locos are one such group and recently they went island hopping from the mainland to the Canaries for a long weekend—15 lads, mostly…

iggy-grainger7 March 2024

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Having insurance renewal issues? AXA stops all motorcycle policies | NEWS

The insurance market is having a tough time as AXA - a big player in the motorcycle underwriting business - is the latest to pull out of the motorcycle insurance market. AXA's decision was announced in February and came after a shake-up of key staff back in December when Alain…

iggy-grainger6 March 2024

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Mammoth Parts Fair | FEATURE

We all love a wander around a Sunday market, especially if that market is packed out with all kinds of rusty treasures, tat and boxes of stuff you'll never use or need. That's basically what a scooter parts fair is all about and at the Mammoth Parts Fair, held in…

iggy-grainger5 March 2024

AI generated cartoon showing a classic Vespa scooter in the back of a van being looked over by customs.

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Travelling abroad with a scooter after Brexit: 2024 Update

In February 2024 two British scooterists were held by Dutch customs for an hour. Their ‘crime’ was not declaring a Vespa that they were taking in their van to a European custom show. That’s nothing. The van next to them contained a scooterist taking engines to display at the same…

iggy-grainger29 February 2024

Classic scooters parked outside the Burton Brewers Custom Show 2024.

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First show of the year – Burton Brewers | RALLERY

Whilst 300 Brits were busy sunning themselves in Lanzarote with VFM, around 1500 scooterists were freezing their bits off riding to, or walking around Burton. It was baltic on Saturday morning, with freezing fog making it feel even colder for much of the trip. Thankfully my early morning ride was…

iggy-grainger27 February 2024

Scooterist meltdown 2024 custom show with cuastom Lambretta Breaking rocks in the hot sun.

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Scooterist Meltdown 10th Anniversary | RALLERY

The surreal all-inclusive European scooterist weekender based in a nuclear power station finally completes its mutation… Spirit of 84 Scooterists, headed by Marcus and Mareike Broix are not new to putting on parties. They lost that virginity, probably in a tent somewhere in Germany or Holland, many decades ago. Meltdown…

iggy-grainger19 February 2024

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BSRA National Rally ticket info – buy yours now | FEATURE

The BSRA National Scooter Rallies don't start until Easter (an early one this year at the end of March) but we've already seen Portrush selling out months in advance. Margate is going to be advance ticket only (they go on sale at midnight tonight) so we thought we'd put all…

iggy-grainger6 February 2024

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Part 2: Vespa GTS Buyers Guide | 2018-2024 (HPE/RST22)

If you missed Part 1 of this Vespa GTS Buyers Guide you can check it out here, that part details the model from its 2005 inception until 2018. Summer 2018 was a crossover time for the GTS, a facelift model arrived with a remote keyfob for the first time, an…

iggy-grainger30 January 2024