Retro Features Archives

Team Vespa scooters pictured at the Newark Winter Warmer show in January 2023.

Newark classic show kicks off 2023 | RALLERY

Hello SLUK readers and welcome back after the Christmas/New Year holidays. We hope you all had a good one. The first of a few large scooter custom shows for 2023 kicked off last weekend with the popular Newark Winter Classic Show. We paid a social visit (rather than a working visit)…

iggy-grainger10 January 2023

Sticky stool beside the world's craziest Lambretta. Casa Performance's twin cylinder 75bhp two stroke. Fitted into a turquoise green Lambretta GP.

Retro Retro Features Retro Road Tests

Casa Performance 250 Twin – the craziest Lambretta on the planet | ROAD TEST

If you are the type that fancies flying kites in thunderstorms, then the Casa Performance Lambretta Twin is right up your alley. This is pure 2-stroke Jekyll and Hyde on 10” wheels. If you can master it then it’s pure exhilaration. If you get it wrong, then the results won’t…

iggy-grainger21 December 2022

Retro Retro Features Retro Tech

SLUK’s Race-winning Quattrini M1L 60 ‘S’ engine build PART 4 | FEATURE

Quattrini M3-150-S exhaust... Forgive them lord for they know not what they do So, when it came time to fit the engine to our SS90 chassis we encountered a problem with the M3-150-S exhaust. This exhaust design is specific to the M1L 60 S cylinder because it fits to the…

iggy-grainger20 December 2022

Close up of a wasp sat on the studs of a Vespa Quattrini cylinder. Of course, Vespa is Italian for Wasp.

Retro Retro Features Retro Tech

SLUK’s Race-winning Quattrini M1L 60 ‘S’ engine build PART 3 | FEATURE

One of the things you quickly learn when working on scooters is that ‘Plug & Play’ is a misnomer. Only Lego is plug and play. Scooter parts from disparate manufacturers never go together as intended; chiefly because nobody ever builds to the standard specification. If you have an exhaust, carb…

iggy-grainger15 December 2022

Retro Retro Events Retro Features

A SLUK back at the highs and lows of 2022 | FEATURE

As we approach the final few days of the year, we thought we’d take a quick look back at the National Rallies and a few other events that took place this year. A year with highs and lows for many of us. Having survived the pandemonium brought about by Covid…

iggy-grainger13 December 2022

Retro Retro Tech

SLUK’s race-winning Quattrini M1L 60 ‘S’ engine build: PART 2 | FEATURE

Sloppy Seconds (and 3rd and 4th) When it comes to traditional scooters, having a precise gearchange is a real bonus. The problem is that it’s not that easy to achieve due to all the linkages involved. Every linkage on a Vespa or Lambretta adds unwanted ‘slop’ until you end up…

Sticky Round30 November 2022

Retro Retro Events

SWSC Ladrum Bay Scooter Rally | RALLERY

Woohoo, a new venue! Ladram Bay has replaced Warmwell as South West Scooter Club's end-of-season rally. Located about 20 miles east of Exmouth on the South East Devon coast, to say the area is picturesque is doing it a great disservice. It's beautiful, having stunning views of the Jurassic Coast with…

iggy-grainger28 November 2022

Retro Retro Features Retro Tech

SLUK’s Race-winning Quattrini M1L 60 ‘S’ engine build PART 1 | FEATURE

Recently, SLUK Racing took our second overall win at the BSEC 6-Hour endurance race. It’s the second one we’ve won outright, but the first using our new engine. Do you want to know what’s inside and why we chose it? It’s all about the ‘S’ A while back we ran this…

Sticky Round24 November 2022

Retro Retro Events Retro Features

BSRA #9 VFM Southport | RALLERY

The final National event of the year has been a contentious issue since it was moved from Bridlington to Southport a few years ago. It’s ended up splitting the scene as lots of people still go to Brid for the Yorkshire Alliance event. Since Covid, Southport has lost its usual…

iggy-grainger17 November 2022

Retro Retro Features

BSRA Riders Championship 2022 | WINNERS

The Riders Championship for 2022 finished with the last National Rally of the year at Southport. Despite the first event at Whitby at Easter not counting (for various reasons), the male and female categories were hotly contested during the remaining 8 events, although sadly there were not enough entrants for…

iggy-grainger17 November 2022