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Straightliners scooter sprinting finale at Santa Pod | FEATURE
Hot on the heels of Col’s mint write up about the Oliver’s Mount Hill Climb, those SLUKers amongst you that enjoy fast scooters get a second helping of high speed frolics. Over the weekend of 14th and 15th October, Santa Pod played host to the final round of the Straightliner’s championship. Wicked auto sprinter, longer […]
SLUK Challenge: Readspeed 190 vs Scomadi 200 vs GTS300 | FEATURE
Tune an air-cooled Scomadi 125 to be as fast as a 200, or a Vespa GTS 300? That’s what Readspeed said they could do so we offered them a SLUKing challenge to prove it. This is the challenge that some of Readspeed’s vocal critics claimed was impossible. Well let’s see about that shall we?
Keith Terry’s 118mph “road engine” Lambretta | FEATURE
Getting a genuine 100mph out of a Lambretta is a very difficult thing to do. It’s bound to be; let’s face it, a Lambretta isn’t exactly aerodynamic. Even with a cut down sprinter, it’s a struggle. Yet there are an increasing number of foolhardy souls who set out to achieve this. With recent kit enhancements and […]
Scooter & bike GPS tracking from £12! PT2 | FEATURE
Trackers aren’t just about finding out your scooter has gone. Some can be set for vibration and audio alerts as well. In Part 1 of this article we compared GPS tracking system options for scooters. In this episode we learn more about Eden Bakewell’s experiences with budget self-fit trackers and what you can use […]
Scooter & bike GPS tracking from £12! PT1 | FEATURE
Scooter security is high on the agenda with scooter thefts a national problem and scooter-jacking occurring in some city centres. What can you, as a scooter owner, do about it? One practical solution that could both help get your scooter back, and maybe even get the thieves collared, is to fit some form of a tracking […]
Rainman Col gets well oiled on his PX 125 odyssey | FEATURE
Choosing to spend a year riding to every National Scooter Rally on a bog standard Vespa PX 125 (other than SIP Road 2 exhaust, tubeless rims and SIP Performer tyres) may seem like madness. Especially when you have more suitable choices, but that was Scarborough Col’s mission for 2017. As he clocks up another 700 miles […]
Vespa parade of Paris & city scooter tour | FEATURE
Ghost Photography were recently invited to take part in the annual Paris Vespa Parade. Although George, the man behind Ghost has shot plenty of stunning scooter images in his time, this would be the first time he’d actually ridden a scooter (other than a quick wobble around at home) and what better place to […]
Bilko’s WW1 pilgrimage by Lambretta Part 3 | FEATURE
When you are touring it’s great to stay somewhere long enough to strip off the luggage. Robert ‘Bilko’ Shaw from Northern Ireland rode his Lambretta to the Somme to retrace the regiments of WW1. This episode concerns his time in France before the epic saga of his return to Britain begins. […]
Gran Turismo Lambretta Rotax GT300 prototype | FEATURE
The last few years in the Lambretta tuning world have changed everything. New ideas, new technologies and new capacities. BSG broke the 300 barrier for a small-batch single cylinder Lambretta engine made from scratch. Now Richard Taylor of Gran Turismo is initiating testing of his 290cc GT300 engine which potentially can be expanded to a […]
Bilko’s WW1 pilgrimage by Lambretta Part 2 | FEATURE
We rejoin Robert ‘Bilko’ Shaw from Northern Ireland on his solo tour of the WW1 battlefileds of the Somme as he lands in France. Already his Lambretta starts to give him concern… Click to catch up with the first part of Bilko’s adventure. Sticky Bridge outside Tancerville Thursday 6th July […]
Nick “Del Boy” Prince’s IoW scooter parts finds | FEATURE
I was only thinking to myself the other day, ‘What on earth has happened to Nick Prince?’ Well it transpires fellow SLUKer that he’s been busy enjoying himself and spotting a few cushty parts for us on his travels. Suitably disguised in Del Boy raincoat and flat cap he prowled the dealer village […]
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