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Ratio Zero gear driven CVT system being held.

Is gear-driven CVT coming to scooters? | TECH

Ratio Zero gear-driven CVT prototype (Credit: Driving 4 Answers YouTube). At the moment most scooters have one of three sorts of transmission: Classic scooters have manual gears and a manual clutch Modern automatic scooters have belt-drive CVT (Continually Variable Transmission) Many electric scooters have direct drive without any form of…

iggy-grainger9 December 2024

Ben Readings leading a group of riders at the BSSO season finale at Lydden Hill.

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Ben Readings #65 The Lydden Hill BSSO finale | SPORT

The final round of our BSSO Championship. The morning alarm rings over a very grey and fairly miserable Lydden Hill. The Forecast isn't looking too great but just four more races of this year's championship, two for Production and two for Group 6. Just four more chances for me to…

iggy-grainger2 December 2024

Scooterists gather outside the caravans at Ladram Bay scooter rally.

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SWSC season finale – Ladram Bay | RALLERY

It's Friday morning and it's rally time again (isn't it always?). I'm meeting up for breakfast before the off. Five of us are riding up to Ladram Bay, all on 2 strokes, what could possibly go wrong? Once we're off the M27 the ride through the New Forest into Dorset…

iggy-grainger27 November 2024

George Fielder on his Vespa at Lydden Hill.

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SLUK BSSO Rookie George Fielder finishes on a high | SPORT

After trashing his usual race bike at Cadwell, George raided the piggy bank (dad's shop) and built himself a new one... Arriving late on Friday there wasn’t much to do, so we just took a chilled-out afternoon, talking to a couple of people before heading off to bed for an…

iggy-grainger20 November 2024

A green custom Lambretta Series One parked with the sea in the background. Llandudno October 2024.

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Llandudno National Scooter Rally – 2024 Finale | RALLERY

It only seemed like yesterday that we were heading to Llandudno for the final rally of 2023. This year seems to have flown by with rallies coming thick and fast (a bit like me riding my scooters). A different view It also seems like yesterday that I started a rally…

iggy-grainger19 November 2024

Loats of scooters parked at the EMSA/ScooterNova parts fair in Melton Mowbray.

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ScooterNova/EMSA Mammoth Parts Fair | EVENT

The twice-annual ScooterNova/EMSA Mammoth Parts Fairs are a firm fixture on the scootering calendar. With a pre-season March event and one at the end of the season in October, they're a great place to buy and sell. After a cold start yesterday, glorious sunshine helped thaw out the early morning…

iggy-grainger28 October 2024

A partially assembled Lambretta GP RetroReplicas model kit.

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Win a Lambretta GP model kit | FEATURE

How many of you have done a Google search for 'Lambretta models' in the past and been disappointed? We first featured Tim Draper’s rendering work way back in 2018. Basically he'd created a perfect computer-generated Lambretta GP image, with every detail imaginable. That's it pictured above. Build your own GP…

iggy-grainger21 October 2024

The Red Barn Woolacombe during the annual scooter rally.

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BSRA #9 SWSC: Woolacombe National Scooter Rally 2024 | RALLERY

Woolacombe is a firm favourite on the National Rally calendar and quite rightly so, as it continues to be as good and as popular as ever. The rally is based on the Golden Coast Leisure Park and the accommodation always sells out instantly, resulting in neighbouring holiday parks also benefitting…

iggy-grainger17 October 2024

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BSSO Cadwell Park – Race report: #65 Ben Readings | SPORT

For the first time ever, a BSSO event and a BSEC event clashed. This meant a decision had to be made by the Hornet Racing team, whether we wanted to go and do the endurance at Teesside or if we wanted to go to Cadwell. To me, a straightforward choice.…

iggy-grainger14 October 2024

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British Scooter Endurance Club – Tside8 2024 | SPORT

Sadly for me, this event rather rudely clashed with a scooterist friend's wedding in Las Vegas. This meant for only the second, or third time in BSEC's history I had to miss competing. It's also the reason why this race report has been published later than usual. Luckily, the recently…

iggy-grainger11 October 2024