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Smoking Lambretta choppers on a campsite at the Flatlanders Scooter Rally

Flatlanders – Gimme 6, Run to the Fens | RALLERY

After a successful Flatlanders, “Run to the Fens” in September 2021, getting tickets for the 2022 event was a no-brainer. As soon as Terry and the team released the pre-sale, we were on it. Over the year a few others grabbed tickets. Pre-ordering tickets so far in advance had its…

iggy-grainger10 November 2022

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International Lambretta GP/DL Rally Milano 2022 | FEATURE

The Lambretta Club Milano (LCM) is extremely active and in the years preceding Covid, they had organised several mono-model rallies for Lambretta Lunas, D & LDs, Series 1s and Models As. This time, it was the turn of Innocenti’s final, and some would say finest 2-wheeled creations: the Lambretta GP/DL…

iggy-grainger9 November 2022

2023 National Scooter Rally dates flyer with updated details for Big 7 scooter rally.

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2023 BSRA National Scooter Rally dates announced | NEWS

Big 7 date/venue change Update 17th March Due to huge price increases imposed by the usual Hop Farm venue, the date and venue for the Big 7 rally have had to be changed. The event will now take place at the East of England Showground in Ardingly West Sussex over…

iggy-grainger26 October 2022

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Magny Cours Challenge Scootentole | RACING

The Circuit de Nevers, Magny Cours was once home to the French Grand Prix. It’s located about 300 miles into France, next to it is another track, now owned by BMW and used for track days and testing, and is also used for the Challenge Scootentole 10 hour scooter endurance…

iggy-grainger20 October 2022

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BSRA #8 Woolacombe National Scooter Rally | RALLERY

After tootling down from Scarborough to Woolacombe and back (a 700-mile round trip) on his standard Vespa PX 125 Col has recovered and written this report from what has to be the largest non Bank Holiday rally of the year. Be sure to check out the four galleries of images…

iggy-grainger5 October 2022

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Retrospective Scooters electric scooter conversions | FEATURE

You’ve got to admire the fine looking collection of classic scooters pictured above. Look a bit closer and you’ll spot the (not quite finished) Lambretta isn’t quite as ‘Innocenti’ as the Italians envisaged it back in the day and those four Vespas weren’t how they left Pontedera either. All these…

iggy-grainger4 October 2022

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British Scooter Endurance Club – Round 3 | The Tside6

The third and final round of the British Scooter Endurance Club Championships took place recently at a fairly wet Teesside Autodrome. This was the seventh BSEC event since its inception in September 2019 and it just gets better and better.Get involved If you’ve not yet ‘got into’ scooter endurance racing…

iggy-grainger22 September 2022

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Mersea Island 2022 | RALLERY

The Colchester DVLC’s Mersea Island is a rally that many look forward to and this year was no exception, all of the 2000 tickets available sold out quickly meaning that many were left disappointed. The team have limited the amount of tickets available for those using four wheels to ensure…

iggy-grainger20 September 2022

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Scooter Center SCOOTERIST WEEKENDER | RALLERY

Scooter Center Köln’s 30th anniversary was certainly a worthy celebration. Customisers and dealers from all over Europe met in the German city of Cologne to display state-of-the-art scooter culture. Essentially, this was a one day event set in a spacious (20,000 sq ft) airport hangar converted to a stylish exhibition…

iggy-grainger16 September 2022

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BSRA #7 ISLE OF WIGHT NATIONAL SCOOTER RALLY 2022 | RALLERY

August bank holiday weekend 2022 has been and gone already. It’s frightening to think that a full calendar year of scooter events has now passed since we got the go ahead to meet in large numbers again after the dreaded pandemic and its restrictions. The Sandown Airport official Isle of…

iggy-grainger13 September 2022