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Lambretta Series 2 in Azzuro Flaminia light blue paintwork.

Reader’s rides: Budget Lambretta build | FEATURE

SLUK reader, Gary Norgate, set himself the task of buying and building a Lambretta on a budget of less than £4,000. That was to include buying the scooter, making it look cool and getting it on the road. You can find out how he got on with transforming the frame…

iggy-grainger8 April 2025

AF Rayspeed 6-plate road clutch with holding tool.

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AF Rayspeed – 6-plate Road clutches back in stock | NEWS

If you've been waiting for AF Rayspeed to get their excellent 6-plate Road clutches back in stock, they're available again now. The clutches are available in 46 and 47-tooth versions and cost £286.80. The 45 and 48-tooth versions are still currently unavailable. Buy online at AF here.

iggy-grainger7 April 2025

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South West Scooter Clubs: Dawlish Pre Season | RALLERY

After an unnecessarily stressful week (some little scrote tried to pinch my scoot and managed to break the handlebars), I'm sorted and ready for my trip to Dawlish for the SWSC rally at Lady's Mile Holiday Park. It's an easy ride up (about 140 miles for me), even managing to…

iggy-grainger26 March 2025

George Fielder with his new SRP RaceTech Production Class Lambretta.

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SLUK rookie George Fielder joins SRP RaceTech | FEATURE

SLUK Rookie, 15-year-old schoolboy racer, George Fielder is back for his second season of BSSO racing. For this year, he's not only swapped to a Lambretta but he's bagged himself an ex-Stuart Day Group Four SRP RaceTech bike! Preparation for the 2025 season After a great end to the season,…

iggy-grainger25 March 2025

Jim Holt leading Ben Readings and Sean Collison at Mallory Park BSSO scooter racing.

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BSSO season kicks off at Croft this weekend | RACE PREVIEW

After the winter break, the British Scooter Sports Organisation (BSSO) are back this weekend for a two-day meeting at Croft near Darlington. Here are some useful bits and pieces about who is racing, what's new, a timetable for the weekend and a few other snippets of info. Stock classes Stock…

iggy-grainger21 March 2025

A big pile of Uni Lambretta brake shoe skimming tools.

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UNI Lambretta brake shoe skimming tool | REVIEW

You can clearly see that these shoes haven't been doing a great job... Lambretta rear brakes are a bit hit-and-miss (literally). It's not often you get one capable of stopping a standard Lambretta safely, never mind a tuned one. Luckily UNI Auto have come to the rescue by recreating the…

iggy-grainger14 March 2025

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Date for your diary: SIP Scootershop Open day | NEWS

SIP have confirmed Saturday, 31st May, as the date for their annual open day at their huge headquarters in Landsberg am Lech. Last year's 30th anniversary "Festival of Performance & Style" event was attended by over 3000 people, and this year's event is likely to be similar in numbers and…

iggy-grainger13 March 2025

Readspeed silicone SuperSock to protect the Vespa oil filter.

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Readspeed Vespa GTS/Piaggio Engine Oil Filter Protector (‘Supersock’) | NEWS

That's the oil filter from a 10-month-old Vespa GTS... You know the phrase ‘out of sight, out of mind’. That is probably all the explanation needed for why Vespa and Piaggio products are not protected better against northern European winter roads covered in highly aggressive salt. The Italians don’t see…

iggy-grainger12 March 2025

scomadi factory production line in Thailand 2020.

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Ironic UK comeback for Scomadi? | NEWS

If the rumours and teasers are true, it looks like Scomadi may well be landing on our shores again in the near future - with an importer we'd never have imagined possible. All's fair in love and war (and business)... Yes, former Royal Alloy importer MotoGB are hinting that they'll…

iggy-grainger4 March 2025

Francesco Gaetani of Vespaio Gaetani working a piece of sheet steel to make a Vespa 98 front mudguard.

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Vespa bodywork, books and burnouts in Italy | FEATURE

One of the things I love about the scooter scene is how much it varies from country to country. Italian culture is generally far more social than the colder northern European equivalent, and their scooter scene reflects that. Mediterranean scooter events often focus around eating together, drinking together and simply…

iggy-grainger25 February 2025