BGM ‘RT’ RaceTour 225 upgrade – Dyno time? Part 3 | FEATURE
If you've missed the first two parts of this feature you can catch up on them here. With plenty of videos and a few engine casing problems...
Part 2: Egig 170cc ‘bolt on’ Vespa Smallframe kit | ROAD TEST
Yesterday we introduced you to Italian tuner, Egig's latest tuning kit for the Vespa Smallframe. It's a bolt on 170cc kit that makes...
Part 1: Egig 170cc ‘bolt on’ Vespa Smallframe kit | ROAD TEST
Egig has made his name producing ever more insane large capacity exotic engines for Vespa – like the 300cc smallframe you'll see more of...
Scooterist loses leg after Covid vaccination | HUMAN INTEREST
Millions and millions of people have put their trust into what is essentially a rushed through (but much needed) vaccine to help contain a...
BGM ‘RT’ RaceTour 225 upgrade – Will Uni save the day? Part 2 | FEATURE
If you read part one of this feature last week you'll know that things didn't go quite to plan. Two lots of old engine casings let us...
BSSO lydden Hill: Rookies round up | FEATURE
With the final round of the 2021 BSSO Championship looming the bike was still nowhere near race condition after its previous outing at...
Southport BSRA National Scooter Rally 2021 | RALLERY
Monsoons, biblical rain and plagues of locusts were forecast for the Friday of Southport and at 5am it sounded like the world was ending....
Col’s SLUKback to the noughties – Part 2: 2005-2009 | FEATURE
In the second part (read part one here) of the Noughties flashback, it would be wrong for me not to mention rallies like the Legendary Mersea Island: a rally that’s run continually since the mid 1990s. Mersea has rarely had National Rally status, but most people that attend it would agree that as a stand […]
Lambretta Kit Book – Targa Twin 275 | on board videos Episode #2
When researching the Exotic Engines section for the Complete Spanner’s Lambretta Kit Book (available here and perfect for the Christmas...
Col’s SLUKback to the Noughties: Part 1 – 2000-2004 | FEATURE
It’s flashback time again SLUKers. Following on from the previous 80s and 90s articles, we are getting slightly more up to date with a look back at the decade from 2000 through to 2009, labelled ‘the Noughties’. At the start of the new century, scooter rallies had started to see an upsurge in attendance once […]
National Scooter Day 2 – Malvern | RALLERY
The original National Scooter Day (NSD) took place on 12th September 1981 and was the brainchild of Tommy Marr, a well-known Worcester scooterist back in the day. This was the forerunner event leading to the National Scooter Rallies that have taken place ever since. The first National Scooter Day was held at the Three Counties […]
Quick tip: 2-stroke drive oil seal leak-down test | FEATURE
How to track down and cure those elusive pressure leaks on your Vespa or Lambretta. Leak-down testing is potentially the most useful...
