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Scooterist couple facing £40,000 medical bill after accident abroad | NEWS

I’m sure many of our readers ride abroad, whether that’s whilst doing a Euro event, a riding holiday or even just hiring a scooter. Imagine being left with a £40,000 medical bill after an accident - despite being insured? Sadly, a Greek holiday turned to tragedy for a well-known scootering…

iggy-grainger9 August 2023

Denim jacket covered in scooter rally patches.

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BSRA #5 Aberystwyth National scooter rally | RALLERY

Aberystwyth is just under 250 miles for me, heading up the M27, M3, A34 and turning left at Oxford on to the A44 all the way to Aberystwyth. I met my riding buddy at Chieveley on the A34 and headed on. Despite a dire forecast, the weather was actually OK,…

iggy-grainger9 August 2023

Scooters racing at Harley Moor BSSO in a hailstorm.

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BSSO Scooter Racing: Rookies Report – Round 5 | Darley Moor

Rookie racer, Ben Readings is currently lying third in the LCGB-sponsored Production Class. Hornet Racing have taken him under their wing this season and the team's experience and Ben's quest for improvement are paying dividends. Ahead of this weekend's visit to Anglesey, here's what he had to say about his…

iggy-grainger8 August 2023

Lambretta LD with series 3 engine, frame mods by Ferdy, Insane Innovations.

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Lambretta LD Quattrini hybrid | CUSTOM

We featured Gary Northgate's eBay chopper project 'Manufactured Romance' (above) during the first lockdown and it seems like he's got itchy fingers again and has bought another project on a whim. Here's what he has to say about his recently completed Quattrini-powered LD. You know how it goes, you finish…

iggy-grainger7 August 2023

Two very wet young Lambretta riders arrive at the gate at Big 7 scooter rally in Ardingly.

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BSRA #4 Big 7 scooter rally 2023 | RALLERY

So here we are at Big 7 National Scooter Rally, it’s the middle of June and we’re at the Hop Farm in Kent... except it's not June, and we're not in Kent. There's a change of plan (more of that later), the rally date and venue have moved. New location Now…

iggy-grainger2 August 2023

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Rebuilding the SLUK archives | NEWS

Regular SLUK readers will know that we've got over seven years of features, road tests, rally reports, product tests, news and other scooter-related info behind us. Sadly, back in 2020-2022 a bug much scarier than Covid slowly eroded many of those old features and turned them and the website to…

iggy-grainger1 August 2023

Hammer wielding thug stealing a Vespa GTS.

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StopMyEngine anti-hijack device/immobiliser | REVIEW

It’s a sad day when we even have to think about fitting products like this anti-hijack/engine immobiliser to our scooters. With an ever-growing motorcycle theft epidemic and thieves taking to bike jacking with increasing frequency that time has come, I’m afraid. As an example a Vespa GTS rider was hijacked…

iggy-grainger31 July 2023

Grey original paint Lambretta Series 2 parked on a campsite.

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South West Scooter Club’s Farmyard Party | RALLERY

Those folks from the South West Scooter Clubs sure know how to put on a good party and a little moisture couldn't dampen spirits at their Farmyard Party Sometime in the dim and distant past (June to be precise) we were enjoying a great summer, sadly for yours truly it…

iggy-grainger31 July 2023

2023 Suzuki burgman 125EX street in white and grey pictured side by side near a river.

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Suzuki Burgman 125EX Street – UK Press Launch | FIRST RIDE

Like its bigger siblings, the 125cc Suzuki Burgman has been around for years. Introduced in 2002, to join the AN400 and 650 Burgmans it was a maxi scooter with a learner-legal liquid-cooled engine. Fast-forward to summer 2023 and the big old Burger 125 has been replaced with an all-new, compact,…

iggy-grainger27 July 2023

1990 Aberystwyth scooter rally campsite in black and white with scooters, old cars, vans tents and Welsh mountains in the background.

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Aberystwyth Scooter Rally ticket & patch – COMPETITION

Competition now ended: Our winner is Alan Legge Oh to be that age again, that was me (flat top on the right) at Aberystwyth 1990, not a care in the world - other than making the HP payments on my new T5 and having enough cash left over to get…

iggy-grainger26 July 2023