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Part 1: Stockport to Vespa World Days – Bali by Vespa PX | FEATURE
We love adventures and adventurers at SLUK. We’ve all had our own mini scooter trips in the past but for 99% of Scooterists, nothing comes close to the magnitude of this mammoth journey. Crossing continents in search of a new life. 39-year-old Stockport lad, Andrew Drummond has given up his carpentry business, sold […]
Part 2: Vespa 90SS Replica build | FEATURE
Craig Lilley (above) may well be too young to remember 1990s ravers, Altern-8, or to have owned a Vespa 90SS back in the day but he wears a facemask as well as any techno groover and can sure as hell build a very good scooter. Recently he’s turned his attention to the most sought […]
The 2019 Australian Mille Miglia | FEATURE
Many British Scooterists will recognise Kev Brooks, he was well-known on the UK scooter rallies and a big part of the esteemed ‘Hardley Rideables SC’ back in the 1990s-2000s. That was before he was exiled to Australia. Personally the last time I saw Kev was at The Isle of Wight scooter rally in the […]
Part 1: Vespa 90SS Replica build | FEATURE
Not many of us own a Vespa 90SS, even fewer of us have the skills, drive and passion to create an authentic replica from the remnants of what was once just an ‘ordinary’ Vespa Smallframe. Craig Lilley is an amateur scooter builder, don’t let that make you think anything he builds is less than […]
Retrospective Electric Vespa PX | FEATURE
That’s a fine line up of classic scooters for sure, smallframe Vespa, a Lambretta GP, Special and Vespa PX. What may not be evident at first glance though is that none of these run on petrol. That’s right, they’re all converted to electric by pioneer company, Retrospective Scooters in London. Triple battery pack […]
Kirk’s project Vega One35 – Part 3 | FEATURE
It seems like about six years ago that I last wrote something about the build of this Vega ONE35 project. It has been a long time and a lot has happened in that time. Especially in terms of the availability of new parts and the build of the scooter in general. The sticking point […]
Prague to London in one hit by Vespa T5 | FEATURE
Wookie was ready for the long ride home after doing both Vespa World Days and the EuroLambretta events earlier this year. After a stop in Prague, he was ready for a steady bimble back across Europe but it got out of hand. One flippant comment on a Facebook post was all it took […]
Project SuperLui Part 8 – Powder coating your scooter | FEATURE
In Episode 7 of this project we prepared the chassis for powder-coating. Now we get busy with the plastic powder… Powder Power For those of you yet to sample the wonder of powder coating, the process is that a fine plastic dust is sprayed from a gun which has an electrostatic charge. […]
The making of SIP – 25th anniversary | FEATURE
I still remember seeing the first adverts for a new German scooter shop. At the time the world seemed like a much bigger place, everything was bought locally either in person or by mail order. Remember this was pre-internet and mobile phone days and ordering scooter parts from overseas seemed a bit daunting. Word […]
2019 Long-termer Vespa GTS 300 HPE SuperTech – Part 2 | FEATURE
Living with a scooter is always the best way to get to know it. Especially when it’s a model you’ve ridden thousands and thousands of miles on in the past. The GTS SuperTech HPE 300 arrived in July as our long-term test bike and it’s started to loosen up now. Here’s how we’re […]
Belgium and a series of unfortunate events | FEATURE
There’s something special about a scooter rally abroad. Getting to the ferry on time without breaking down, then riding onto the boat amongst a group of other scooters. Up a slippery metal ramp into the darkened hull, then tying the scooters down before heading upstairs to a cabin for an overnight crossing and party […]
Son of Sticky: Project SuperLui – part 7 | FEATURE
The neighbours will soon get used to the note of a Ludwig and Scherer ‘Ferdinand’ exhaust… OK pop-pickers, we’ve built our Vespa reedvalve engine out of left-overs (though not for the last time!) and figured out how to bolt it into a vintage Lambretta Lui. Now is the time to get cracking on […]
The Tside6 Endurance race – Part 2 | FEATURE
In part one yesterday Sticky talked us through the preparation, last-minute problems and the Le Mans style race start for this six-hour scooter endurance race. In part two we let the rest of the team tell us their version of events, with thrills, spills and plenty of drama along the way. Yoga can […]
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