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NIU UK becomes official triathlon partner | NEWS

Electric scooter company, NIU have announced their official partnership with British Triathlon, the governing body for swim, bike, run in Great Britain. NIU UK scooters were used at the AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series in Leeds – one of the organisation’s flagship events. It became the first event…

iggy-grainger11 October 2022

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Vespa GTS pricing and colour options released | NEWS

Further to yesterday's press release about the new GTS, Piaggio have released the prices and a few further details for the new 2023 model year Vespa GTS range. GTS 125: £5,250 (300 £6,000) Available in bright metallic shades of Beige Avvolgente, Nero Convinto and Verde Amabile GTS 125 Super: £5,350…

iggy-grainger6 October 2022

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New SLUK Shop open now | NEWS

We've just launched a new version of our SLUK Shop which should be easier to use and quicker to search than the old one. You can get to it using the SLUK-Shop tab on the menu above or by clicking this link. So what's new? Firstly, it's structured a bit…

iggy-grainger6 October 2022

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New Vespa GTS 300 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED | NEWS

I’m sure most Vespa GTS fans and owners will have seen the recent ‘spy shots’ and images from. It seems like Piaggio decided to put the new 2023 flagship model out before officially releasing the news to the press or public. Well today they’ve officially announced it and allowed us…

iggy-grainger5 October 2022

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BSRA #8 Woolacombe National Scooter Rally | RALLERY

After tootling down from Scarborough to Woolacombe and back (a 700-mile round trip) on his standard Vespa PX 125 Col has recovered and written this report from what has to be the largest non Bank Holiday rally of the year. Be sure to check out the four galleries of images…

iggy-grainger5 October 2022

Modern Modern News

Three new small capacity scooters from Suzuki | NEWS

Suzuki have unveiled a new Burgman Street 125EX alongside two other new scooters at Intermot in Cologne, Germany. The trio of learner legal scooters all use the same proven air-cooled Eco Performance (SEP) engine which is capable of 148.67mpg. The Burgman benefits from extra features though including Engine Auto Stop-Start…

iggy-grainger4 October 2022

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Retrospective Scooters electric scooter conversions | FEATURE

You’ve got to admire the fine looking collection of classic scooters pictured above. Look a bit closer and you’ll spot the (not quite finished) Lambretta isn’t quite as ‘Innocenti’ as the Italians envisaged it back in the day and those four Vespas weren’t how they left Pontedera either. All these…

iggy-grainger4 October 2022

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Minusschrauber Rollerklub Bremen – German sprint meeting | NEWS

Scooter sprinting is in the news this week thanks to British rider, Adie Horrocks cracking off a 122.30mph flying run on his BFA 244 Vespa at Elvington over the weekend. Of course, naturally we think of Germany when it comes to fast Vespas – the Germans and Austrians are Vespa…

iggy-grainger29 September 2022

Adie Horrocks 122mph Vespa run image by Phil Evans Images

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Adie Horrocks: World’s fastest Vespa – 122mph? | NEWS

Last weekend at a Straightliners Top Speed event at Elvington, British sprinter, Adie Horrocks blasted his smallframe Vespa down the runway at an astonishing 122mph. As far as we’re aware, that’s faster than any Vespa has ever been officially recorded. It’s faster than the 1950s factory streamliner (103mph), faster than…

iggy-grainger28 September 2022

Modern Retro

Mersea Island caption competition | WINNER

Our recent Mersea Island caption competition produced a few cheeky entries and we’ve chosen a winner to receive a free ScooterLab t-shirt. That winning entry was by Gary Wilkiinson who came up with this caption “That reminds me …. I must worm the dog when I get home!!” Get in…

iggy-grainger27 September 2022