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£500 off Vespa accessories promotional advert.

Get £500 worth of free Vespa accessories | NEWS

Looking to buy yourself a new Vespa? If so, you can take advantage of £500 worth of free accessories. Yes, that's right. Piaggio is running a winter promotion on the Vespa GTS/GTV, Primavera, and Sprint models. Buy a new scooter from your local Piaggio dealer and you'll get a £500…

iggy-grainger30 October 2025

Young couple wearing official Vespa merchandise whilst sat with old scooters.

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Vespa Miscela Nostalgia collection | NEWS

Vespa has just dropped their new "Miscela Nostalgia" autumn clothing range and are capitalising on 1970s fashions and classic Italian advertising. It's fair to say, there are already some 'out there' garments in the existing Al Vento collection. Miscela Nostalgia is the second part of Al Vento, and Piaggio says…

iggy-grainger23 October 2025

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UPDATE Beedspeed are open as normal! | NEWS

You may have read our recent news item about the registered business behind Beedspeed entering administration. Well, all is not quite as it seems... Here's how this story started We received an email (pictured above) purporting to be from Beedspeed early yesterday morning. It was sent to our ScooterLab contact…

iggy-grainger17 September 2025

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Dean Orton Competition | Are you a winner?

Thanks to everybody who entered our competition to win a copy of Dean Orton's new book, A Life in Lambretta. Entries closed on Sunday at midnight, and we've picked two winners. Each will receive a signed copy of this excellent hardback book. I'm currently in the middle of reading my…

iggy-grainger9 September 2025

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Scooter Endurance Racing Teesside this weekend | NEWS

If you enjoy watching lots of scooters racing each other and can make it to Teesside this weekend, it's round two of the British Scooter Endurance Championships. Eight hours of non-stop racing action starts at 10 am on Saturday, when 26 riders will run across the track to their waiting…

iggy-grainger4 September 2025

AF Rayspeed's new 'S' Type disc brake carrier and calliper.

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AF Rayspeed’s ‘S’ Type disc brake | NEWS

Earlier this year, we did a feature on lots of new products currently under development at AF Rayspeed. One of the most eagerly awaited is their 'S' Type disc brake. If you missed that in-depth feature and videos, you can catch it here. Progress report We called in to AF…

iggy-grainger2 September 2025

Black Casa special edition lambretta x300...

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Special edition ‘Casa Lambretta’ Lambretta X300 | NEWS

Coming to the UK in October, and available to order now, this limited edition Casa Lambretta X300 special edition. Worldwide, there will be 999 of these Casa Lambretta special edition models available. They're already on sale in scooter-mad Thailand, and the UK is set to receive just 36 of them,…

iggy-grainger20 August 2025

Raffle Hub, "The winner's Club" goes bust.

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The odds are stacked against Raffle Hub ‘winners’ | NEWS

None of us like it when a scooterist-run business goes bust, especially if that business is left owing people money, or in this case, money and prizes. Sadly, it looks like online raffle company, Raffle Hub (as it was known originally), has been promising things it can't deliver and in…

iggy-grainger7 August 2025

Vespas in the parade at Vespa World Days.

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Vespa’s 80th Birthday party in Rome | NEWS

After much speculation, Piaggio has confirmed that next year's Vespa World Days will be held in Rome from June 25th to 28th. It's being billed as the "Biggest Vespa Party ever", and if last year's Vespa World Days in Pontedera is anything to go by, I'd believe it. Open to…

iggy-grainger24 July 2025

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Big 7, Lambretta Euro, & endurance – Scootering’s big weekend! | NEWS

It's a big week in the scootering world with three significant events on during the same weekend... Firstly, it's Big 7's BSRA National Scooter Rally at the South of England Showground. There are still a few wristbands available for this event, but it is likely to sell out BEFORE THE…

iggy-grainger24 June 2025