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Jem Booth's AF Rayspeed Lambretta sidecar outfit being ridden by Graham Tatton at Teesside.

Coming up: BSSO ‘Race To Remember’ – Cadwell Park | NEWS

This weekend sees the BSSO heading to Cadwell Park for the penultimate round of the BSSO Championships. The two-day meeting will feature the usual mix of top-flight scooter and bike racing action, plus a special extra final race on Saturday afternoon. The BSSO, BSEC and Lee Hollick have been raising…

iggy-grainger8 September 2026

Thousands of Vespas riding through Rome for the 80th anniversary.

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Vespa Roma ’26 – the main event | PART 2

Martyn Peacock from Northamptonshire Vespa and Lambretta Scooter Club recently wrote about his club's ride to Italy for Vespa Roma '26, which was the biggest gathering of Vespas ever.Closed streets on a Saturday morning- imagine London allowing this for a load of old scooters? Calm before the storm Here, in…

iggy-grainger20 August 2026

Steve Mason of the Beta Band on his green Lambretta GP.

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‘Failure is Always an Option’ by Steve Mason | BOOK REVIEW

When it comes to musical celebrities who’ve had a brush with scooters, then there are many. Paul Weller rode Lammies, Buster Bloodvessel – of Bad Manners – had Vespas, but were they ever really scooterists, to the point of turning up on 2 -wheels to a wet weekend in Exmouth?…

iggy-grainger18 August 2026

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Win Isle of Wight weekend tickets | COMPETITION

How can it almost be time for the Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally already? This year is flying by, and I bet lots of you haven't bought your advance tickets yet... Luckily, those jolly folks at VFM have kindly given us a pair of weekend tickets to give away…

iggy-grainger4 August 2026

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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

Polini double tone wheel for the Vespa GTS 310.

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Polini double tone wheel for Vespa GTS 310 | NEWS

If you're a long-distance Vespa GTS 310 rider, you'll no doubt be sick of hitting the rev limiter. Thankfully, Polini can help you there. The harsh limiter on the latest 310 Vespa was my only criticism during my road test. Polini have developed a Double Tone Wheel to improve performance…

iggy-grainger14 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

Mini octopus rear hub for Luna/Vega Lambrettas.

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Mini Octopus Rear Hub for Lambretta J-range and Luna Line by Casa Performance | NEW PRODUCT

Lunatics like these two are hooning around on Lambrettas that were designed to a budget and never intended for 'real' fun. With high-horsepower 'modern' engines turning these scooters into long-distance tourers, it may be time to upgrade those weedy rear hubs. If you want to update your Lambretta lightweight to…

iggy-grainger2 July 2026