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Scooter endurance racing at Teesside with Lambrettas in black and white on the track.

Scooter Endurance Racing: The Teesside 6 (plus 2) | FEATURE

Where else can you get 12.5 hours of solid track time and get to share it with a few friends on similar scooters, without it costing the earth? British Scooter Endurance Racing is the place to be if you like riding classic scooters to their limits. You'll come home satisfied…

iggy-grainger28 September 2023

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Mersea Island Scooter Rally 2023 | RALLERY

Mersea Island recently celebrated its 30-year anniversary. Although it's not a National Scooter Rally, this event is still a biggie on the scootering calendar and has more going on than most other rallies so can stand on its own two feet. Are you in the Rallery? This feature contains four…

iggy-grainger26 September 2023

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BSSO scooter racing season finale – Cadwell Park | PREVIEW

If you’re not riding down to Woolacombe this weekend why not head over to Cadwell Park for the BSSO scooter racing season finale? The meeting takes place on Saturday 23rd-Sunday 24th September and is bound to be action-packed as the various classes and championships get wrapped up. Here's a quick…

iggy-grainger21 September 2023

Salad Fingers doing a selfie overlooking The Struggle, Ambleside and a couple of Lambretta scooters.

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LCGB Coast-to-coast – the best riding event in Britain? | FEATURE

The scootering world is rich and varied; with something on for everyone. For that, we should be thankful. This one mid-September weekend hosted local day events (Nuneaton Pacemakers), decent-sized independent rallies (Flatlanders), a long-running international (Liege) as well as the LCGB’s free-to-enter Coast-To-Coast weekender. Do it your own way It…

iggy-grainger20 September 2023

View of Ballintoy Harbour in Norther Ireland with classic scooters along the quayside.

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Gathering of the Clans – Portrush | Rallery

I've been to my fair share of rallies in Ireland and Northern Ireland over the years. One of my favourites is also the biggest one, and it always reminds me of a traditional English seaside rally. Gathering Of the Clans is held in the quaint seaside town of Portrush on…

iggy-grainger19 September 2023

Adie Horrocks 122mph Vespa run image by Phil Evans Images

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This weekend: Green Light Scooters present Scooter Shootout | EVENT

This coming weekend sees Green Light Scooters and Straightliners running their first joint Scooter Shootout event at Melbourne Raceway, near York. The event is open to all scooters and gives riders a chance to ride flat out up a sprint track to see what the sport is all about. Sprinting…

iggy-grainger14 September 2023

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All the info you need about BSEC Racing live from Teesside | NEWS

Scooter endurance racing is one of the most exciting and action-packed scooter sports around. This Saturday (9th September) 37 classic scooters will be lining up on the grid for a 10 a.m. Le Mans start at Teesside. If you want to know about the live feed, track times, where to…

iggy-grainger7 September 2023

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The Wild Atlantic Way -Series 2 | FEATURE

‘Hi, I’m Mike and I’m from California. I don’t know what these vehicles are but they’re bitchin!’ And with that introduction from yet another American tourist, we unpacked and checked into our hotel in Ennis, Ireland. Mark McClurkin and the Ulster Lambretta Club were our hosts for this; the Wild…

iggy-grainger6 September 2023

Blue Lambretta coming over the hill at Oliver's Mlount, ridden by number 81 Warren Wilkinson.

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Scooters on the Mount | FEATURE

Recently Oliver's Mount hosted a few scooters amongst 100 or so other more powerful bikes and three-wheelers. Scooter lap records were broken on the day. Col gives us a few facts and his thoughts...Every gram of weight-saving counts, Warren Wilkinson forsakes his dignity in a quest for speed by drilling…

iggy-grainger5 September 2023

Scooters in Ryde, Isle of Wight with the sea and Portsmouth in the background.

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The Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally 2023 | RALLERY

The Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally is over for another year and it's still the biggest scooter rally in the world. Like many scooterists, I’ve had a long history with the Isle of Wight. That all started for me at 17 years old when I rode my new red…

iggy-grainger31 August 2023