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A grey Spanish Series 2 Lambretta being ridden in France.

EUROLAMBRETTA, MAGNY COURS, FRANCE | FEATURE

France hosted the 33rd EuroLambretta rally, just as it did the very first one in Strasbourg 1989. I attended Strasbourg on my TS1-powered Lambretta chopper from the UK en route to Athens. Back then, it was a uniting of some very different worlds: Italian collectors like Vittorio Tessera and Tino…

iggy-grainger27 June 2024

Vespa W1 Racing clutch next to a Vespa Cosa clutch.

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Vespa Largeframe Clutches: W1R Proto | TECH

White One Racing’s Proto clutch (right) compared to a banded Cosa 2 clutch (left) Does W1R’s lightweight largeframe clutch offer any advantages? I can remember back to a time when the best option for a tuned PX was stronger springs for the original 7-spring clutch; fitted with a reinforcement band…

iggy-grainger24 June 2024

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Margate National Scooter Rally info | NEWS

This weekend sees the first National Scooter Rally in Margate since 2007 and it looks like being a cracker. The town has hosted some great scooter rallies over the years and also had its fair share of notoriety. Big 7 have put lots of work and even more money into…

iggy-grainger19 June 2024

A drunken man crashed out on the grass outside his tent at a scooter rally in Kelso. There's a battered Vespa PX parked alongside.

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BSRA #4 Kelso National Scooter Rally | RALLERY

Regular readers here on ScooterLab will have likely heard of the Kelso scooter rally, if not attended one or more of them over the years. It’s one of the ‘set in stone’, ‘always on the calendar’ kind of rallies. Every year, its future existence as a rally is questioned, with…

iggy-grainger5 June 2024

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Cadwell BSSO: The highs and lows of racing – rookie George Fielder and nobbled veteran Steve Wright | FEATURE

BSSO Rookie, George Fielder turned 15 just a few days after the Cadwell meeting but he's still the youngest scooter rider to grace the tracks for many years. Juggling school and racing isn't easy and calls for a few sacrifices, but when you're as keen as mustard, getting up at…

iggy-grainger3 June 2024

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52bhp LeFt Vespa GTS V450 in production | NEWS

Power-hungry Vespa GTS fans will be pleased to see this development by Chris Lebschik. The Left V450 engine is a 52bhp (at the rear wheel) replacement for the Piaggio unit. Yes, that's correct. A 52bhp CNC machined billet engine to replace your standard 22bhp (at the crank) Piaggio lump. Mmmm,…

iggy-grainger31 May 2024

An aerial view of SIP Scootershop's massive headquarters in Germany, taken during their 2024 open day.

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3,000 guests celebrate SIP’s 30th anniversary | NEWS

SIP Scootershop has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, in typical style, with a massive open day for 3,000 guests. Glorious sunshine helped to make the event go with a bang, as did the dyno battle. SIP's tech guy, Jesco set the bar high with his 84bhp Egig 400 Vespa! He…

iggy-grainger29 May 2024

Casa Performance Lambretta doing a burnout in Italy.

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1st 2T Show by Valle Del Rubicone Corse | FEATURE

Ever wondered where the new generation of scooter nutter will come from? That’s something which is often discussed. People want their scene to carry on but equally, they don’t want it changed. As every new generation arrives they do make changes. The world does not stand still. Who needs porn?…

iggy-grainger28 May 2024

34 classic scooters racing to the first corner at the Whilton Mill Scooter Endurance in May 2024.

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The Whilton Mill 8 – Scooter Endurance Racing | FEATURE

After last year's biblical Whilton Mill, all the stars aligned for our return and it stayed warm and dry for the whole meeting. Much to the relief of all who survived last year! If you've missed our previous features on British Scooter Endurance Club events do a Google search for…

iggy-grainger23 May 2024

Vibrant metalflake custom painted Lambrettas sat in the Italian sunshine.

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Scooter Rally Toscano: Elba 2024 | RALLERY

Work it out. How many riding years have you got left? Have you marked off all your must-do-once rally list yet? If Elba wasn’t ticked off on that list (and it should be, along with legendary events like IoW and Giro dei Tre Mari) then you were in trouble. For…

iggy-grainger9 May 2024