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BSRA #5: SWSC Weymouth | RALLERY

Like many of our readers, I've been doing this for a very long time but there are certain rallies that still get me excited. Weymouth is one of them. First resurrected by the lads and lasses of South West Scooter Clubs back in 2022, we've since paid a biannual visit…

iggy-grainger29 July 2026

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Vespa Roma26: The journey | PART 1

Scooterists are an adventurous lot, whether we're riding to far-off coastal towns for a weekend of fun or further afield, we try to push the boundaries of what our small-capacity machines are capable of. Usually the scooters can cope, or be fixed along the way, but sometimes the human mindset…

iggy-grainger23 July 2026

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#BSRA 4: Big 7 scooter rally 2026 | RALLERY

It's Friday, it's five to five, and it's Crackerjack! No wait, it's not; it IS Friday, it's NOT five to five, but I am about to head off to a crackerjack of a rally. I'm off to the Big 7 rally, held at The South of England Showground (since the…

iggy-grainger9 July 2026

Scooters at Euro Lambretta 2026, Austria.

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Euro Lambretta Austria | RALLERY

If Carlsberg did Euro rallies, they'd have been behind Euro Lambretta 2026. But instead of a brewery, it was the Lambretta Club of Austria that put this fantastic event on. Before we get to covering the actual event, we had to actually get to the event, and that's usually the…

iggy-grainger8 July 2026

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BSRA #2: Tenby National Scooter Rally 2026 | RALLERY

25 years Here I go again, constantly banging on about previous scooter rally facts, figures and dates. But surely I can’t be the only person who finds it quite unbelievable to think that the Tenby rally has held National Rally status for a quarter of a century now! The first…

iggy-grainger16 June 2026

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Cat the Cat Souvenir Scooter rally | RALLERY

Well this was a bit of a different experience for me, a trip down to France with rally trader, Disco Dave... in his motorhome. We were off to the Cat the Cat rally. An event held in memory of artist, Kathrine, who sadly died of cancer. The event was in…

iggy-grainger19 May 2026

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BSRA #1 Scarborough National Scooter Rally 2026 | RALLERY

It's been a few weeks now since Easter. We held off on publishing this feature as a mark of respect to a good friend who sadly never made it to Scarborough. Still a buzz Scarborough at Easter has become the norm since VFM were forced to drop Whitby, but it's…

iggy-grainger13 May 2026

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SWSC Dawlish pre-season scooter rally | RALLERY

It’s 8 am, and my alarm is going off; it's time to get up and head for Dawlish. One problem, I've had three hours sleep after a particularly late finish at work. Ah, I'll be fine! Off I trot, M27, A31 through the New Forest and then on to the…

iggy-grainger21 April 2026

Team Dexter, Vespa endurance racing team at Whilton Mill 2026.

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Whilton Mill 8 – Scooter Endurance Race 2026 | SPORT

The British Scooter Endurance Club is sponsored by The 2026 British Scooter Endurance Club kicked off with the first of their two annual meetings at Whilton Mill at the end of March. The weather forecast for the weekend was changeable, and it lived up to it: we had heavy rain,…

iggy-grainger16 April 2026

Scooters at Darley Moor for the BSSO test day.

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BSSO Test Day Darley Moor | SPORT

The BSSO season kicks off at Lydden Hill next weekend (18th-19th April), and it's looking like one 16-year-old racer won't be there, unfortunately. Looking for sponsors Racing isn't a cheap hobby, and teenage exuberance doesn't pay the bills, so George Fielder will be watching trackside instead. Although we sponsor George (do a…

iggy-grainger9 April 2026