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Glamping tents and Lambrettas at the Isle of Wight Scooter Rally.

Win tickets and ferry travel to the Isle of Wight Scooter Rally | Photo competition

** Competition now closed ** It's only another couple of weeks until the Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally and you can win a pair of tickets and return travel with Red Funnel! That's right, VFM has kindly given us a pair of weekend tickets worth £60) for the rally…

iggy-grainger5 August 2024

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The ‘Before we forget’ tour around ’80s rally towns | NEWS

Later this month, David ‘Henry’ Smith, partner Alison (both from Sussex) and two of the Lowriders SC (Dorset) will be riding 2,250 miles around the UK, taking in all 28 of the 1980s National Rally towns. The 'Before We Forget' tour will leave from Brighton on August 14th and end…

iggy-grainger2 August 2024

George Fielder #229 racing his pink Vespa PK at Darley Moor.

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BSSO Rookie’s report: George Fielder #229 Darley Moor | Sport

15-year-old schoolboy racer, George Fielder is enjoying his first season in BSSO. His recent visit to Darley Moor saw him completing a full weekend without incident on the engine he built himself. You can read George's previous 'Rookie's reports' here. Here's how our SLUK Rookie racer got on...Sod school, let's…

iggy-grainger30 July 2024

Sunrise over the campsite at Weymouth scooter rally 2024, with tents and scooters in the background.

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BSRA #7: SWSC Weymouth National Scooter Rally 2024 | RALLERY

After what was a brilliant weekend at Weymouth back in 2022, I was particularly looking forward to returning again this summer. I decided to leave the Lambrettas at home for the weekend and take the much more uncomfortable and impractical Pinasco 251 street racer for the 240-mile journey. With no…

iggy-grainger29 July 2024

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BSRA #6: Newark National Scooter Rally 2024 | RALLERY

Another Friday, another rally. Today I'm off for the 40th anniversary BSRA National Scooter Rally at Newark. It's an early start as it's about 200 miles for me, the weather's not looking great, so it's on with the waterproofs and away I go. It's a straightforward ride until... suddenly no…

iggy-grainger24 July 2024

Vintage Italian truck with a row of Vespa scooters parked outside.

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European Vespisti Week, Montegrotto, Italy: A typically Irish misadventure | RALLERY

If you're a die-hard Vespa fan and want to go to international events run by independent Vespa clubs from Europe you need to keep an eye on the Vespa Club Europa website. European Vespisti Week Montegrotto was the first of what is to become an annual event, the Vespa Club…

iggy-grainger22 July 2024

Margate scooter rally campsite 2024 with glamping tents, ridge tents and scooters.

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BSRA 5 #: Margate National Scooter Rally | RALLERY

There was a real buzz about finally taking Chas & Dave’s advice and heading dooowwwn to Margate after such a long time away. Credit to the Big 7 SC for working hard to make it happen, as they were faced with a number of challenges along the way. Organising a…

iggy-grainger17 July 2024

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Is Innocenti being sold to China? | NEWS

Italy’s right-wing government is proposing to activate a new law to take control of dormant brands that have laid unused for five years or more, by decree. According to news reports in Il Sole 24 Ore, Giorgia Meloni’s government have their sights set on Innocenti and Autobianchi for starters. Currently…

iggy-grainger15 July 2024

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Three Generations: Our Unforgettable Tour of the Purbecks | FEATURE

We always enjoy reading about and sharing our reader's scooter rides and adventures. This little tour of a lesser-known part of the UK involved, dad (right on the picture, 79-year-old John Chatten), lad (centre - 57-year-old Nick) and lad's lad (Nick's son, Ollie 25). Three generations of the same family…

iggy-grainger15 July 2024

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SWSC Sand Bay scooter rally | RALLERY

Well, my Friday starts off much as any other rally weekend, in a panic. Having booked my scoot in for a well overdue tyre change (wear indicators are just a helpful hint, right?) I need to get to the fitter before I head off to Sand Bay. Tyre changed and…

iggy-grainger8 July 2024