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BSRA Riders Championship 2022 | WINNERS

The Riders Championship for 2022 finished with the last National Rally of the year at Southport. Despite the first event at Whitby at Easter not counting (for various reasons), the male and female categories were hotly contested during the remaining 8 events, although sadly there were not enough entrants for…

iggy-grainger17 November 2022

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The 2023 Vespa GTS RST22 300 | LAUNCH REPORT

UK scooter press None of the UK scooter press were invited to the launch of this new Vespa GTS, which saddens us, as obviously we're lifelong Vespa fans. However, we'd like to thank well-known and respected motorcycle journalist, Chad for covering the event for us. Here's what he had to…

iggy-grainger14 November 2022

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Support ‘real’ scooterists at the Isle of Wight 2023 | NEWS

Today we've started seeing online advertising for a large scale event that is directly in competition with the official VFM Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally. The 'other' event is being held on the island at the previous rally campsite at Smallbrook Stadium and has lots of live bands, camping etc.…

iggy-grainger10 November 2022

Smoking Lambretta choppers on a campsite at the Flatlanders Scooter Rally

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Flatlanders – Gimme 6, Run to the Fens | RALLERY

After a successful Flatlanders, “Run to the Fens” in September 2021, getting tickets for the 2022 event was a no-brainer. As soon as Terry and the team released the pre-sale, we were on it. Over the year a few others grabbed tickets. Pre-ordering tickets so far in advance had its…

iggy-grainger10 November 2022

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International Lambretta GP/DL Rally Milano 2022 | FEATURE

The Lambretta Club Milano (LCM) is extremely active and in the years preceding Covid, they had organised several mono-model rallies for Lambretta Lunas, D & LDs, Series 1s and Models As. This time, it was the turn of Innocenti’s final, and some would say finest 2-wheeled creations: the Lambretta GP/DL…

iggy-grainger9 November 2022

Italjet Dragster 500GP concept studio image in red and white colour scheme

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Italjet unveils ‘Urban Geared’ 500GP Dragster | EICMA 2022

Italjet have literally ripped up the scooter design and sensibility rulebooks and created this thing of absolute joy, beauty and insanity. Enter the Italjet Dragster 500GP. Unveiled today for the very first time at EICMA in Milan this scooter hybrid is certainly going to cause a stir. Not only is…

iggy-grainger8 November 2022

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PINASCO EUREKA GEARED ELECTRIC VESPA | NEWS

Pinasco have just ripped up the electric scooter rule book and revealed this teaser video of their Eureka electric Vespa conversion. This isn’t just another electric conversion though as you can see in the video. This is a geared electric Vespa which retains the engine and character of the original.…

brendan3 November 2022

2023 National Scooter Rally dates flyer with updated details for Big 7 scooter rally.

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2023 BSRA National Scooter Rally dates announced | NEWS

Big 7 date/venue change Update 17th March Due to huge price increases imposed by the usual Hop Farm venue, the date and venue for the Big 7 rally have had to be changed. The event will now take place at the East of England Showground in Ardingly West Sussex over…

iggy-grainger26 October 2022

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Magny Cours Challenge Scootentole | RACING

The Circuit de Nevers, Magny Cours was once home to the French Grand Prix. It’s located about 300 miles into France, next to it is another track, now owned by BMW and used for track days and testing, and is also used for the Challenge Scootentole 10 hour scooter endurance…

iggy-grainger20 October 2022

S[ecially prepared Vespa PX as used in the Pharaon's Rallyas seen ready for auction in Italy with a guiode price of between €25,000-€50,000

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Grab yourself an historic €50,000 Vespa | NEWS

If you’ve got a few spare Euros tucked under your mattress and want to buy a piece of scootering history this beauty could be yours at auction on the 18th of October. Two specially prepared Vespa PX 150s which competed (and finished) in the very challenging International Cross Country Rally…

iggy-grainger12 October 2022