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

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

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BSRA #5 Aberystwyth National Scooter Rally 2025 | RALLERY

Aberystwyth was the first of two National Scooter Rallies to be held in the country of Wales this year. Those rallies, combined with both Lambretta and Vespa club members’ rallies, plus multiple club rallies, go some way to quenching the insatiable thirst for scooter events that many Welsh scooterists suffer…

iggy-grainger5 August 2025

Innovv P1 portable tyre inflator and powerbank.

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Innovv P1 portable tyre inflator – reader offer | REVIEW

I've been looking for a good quality, compact tyre inflator and power bank for a while and the Innovv P1 fits the bill perfectly. What is it? It's a rechargeable and powerful tyre inflator with a 6000mAh battery, capable of running continuously for 22 minutes. It can inflate up to…

iggy-grainger4 August 2025

The Farmyard Bash scooter rally campsite.

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South West Scooter Club’s Farmyard Bash | RALLERY

It's an early leave, as I broke my journey up to feed my inner geek by stopping off at an airshow, to meet Guy, my son (that's not him pictured above). Several hours later, we set off for Banwell near Weston-Super-Mare for the latest Farmyard Bash. Western It’s held every…

iggy-grainger29 July 2025

York Scooter Club rally, a photo of a Lambretta rider sat outside his tent looking at his map.

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York Scooter Club’s 50th Anniversary | RALLERY

There's nothing like a weekend of camping to bring an untimely end to an endless summer! Sadly, York's Scooter Club's 50th anniversary rally at Breighton Ferry brought about that change last weekend. Luckily, Friday was scorchio and dry because we were treated to a full day of rain on Saturday,…

iggy-grainger24 July 2025

Scooters lined up on the promendade in Brittany at the Sun, Sea and Scooters event.

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South Brittany Scooter Rally: Sea, Scoot and Run | RALLERY

I’d heard rave reports about how good this rally was last year, so it was always on my radar for 2025. It was a busy weekend, offering a choice for those scooterists who like to venture overseas for their riding and rally fix. The same weekend there was another popular…

iggy-grainger14 July 2025

Cool looking female with a helmet on overlooking Morocco.

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Los Motos Locos – Morocco Madness 2025 | FEATURE

Expat scooterists, Los Motos Locos, are a thriving scooter community based in Spain. They travel to various scooter events (you may have met a couple of them at Euro Lambretta recently as they rode from Spain to Ayr and back, raising money for charity along the way). They also make…

iggy-grainger9 July 2025

The Big 7 scooter rally campsite, June 2025.

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BSRA #4 Big 7 Scooter Rally 2025 | RALLERY

So, here we are at the end of June, and we are now technically already halfway through the scooter rally season. Blimey. From Easter, the first three Nationals were spread over a five-week period, whereas bizarrely, the timeframe between the 3rd and 4th has been the same! Thus, after having…

iggy-grainger7 July 2025

Iggy from ScooterLab riding Eric Cope's Lambretta sprinter at Santa Pod.

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We ride the world’s fastest Lambretta | FEATURE

Riding in a straight line. How hard can it be? As it turns out, when you’re piloting the world’s fastest Lambretta, it’s not as straightforward as you might think. Let’s set the scene: I’m at Santa Pod after accepting an invitation from Eric Cope to do a 1/4 mile sprint…

iggy-grainger1 July 2025

Pembrey BSSO scooter racing with 5 riders heading into the first corner.

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BSSO Scooter Racing: Pembrey | Ben Readings’ race report

Things didn't start off too well for me at Pembrey... It was an eventful journey there, including a breakdown in Wales that ended with me sending my dad's car back home on a lorry and stealing my brother’s car. Then the craziest rain on the roof of the van woke…

iggy-grainger30 June 2025