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Vespa 152L2 museum piece | FEATURE
It started back in Summer 2013. At the time my lad, Scott was 15 years old and was at High School. He’s always been into retro stuff and has got a wee vinyl record collection going on. He’s also bought his own gramophone, Dansette, mk1 iPod, ZX Spectrum etc. It was no real surprise […]
EU bans on ‘dirty’ scooters | FEATURE
Like many scooter riders I love riding abroad. In fact a scooter touring holiday has been my main ‘big’ holiday for the last two years and will be again this year. You can’t beat riding across Europe and visiting some of the big cities along the way. A scooter is the perfect way to navigate […]
Direct Access – Taking the bike test – Part 2 | FEATURE
In part one we saw how easily confidence in a novice can be knocked. We also saw how terrified my partner, Linsey was before each lesson and how the thought of riding her own scooters filled her with dread. She gave up her lessons after a while and it looked like the scooters might be […]
Vespa PX Gear Selector Box repair PART 2 | VIDEO
In the previous episode, we explained how to identify Vespa largeframe selector boxes and their problems. This time we show you how to repair worn out ones and make them better than new.
2017 Oracle: Italjet Dragster returns | EDITORIAL
Italjet were producers of some of the most radical modern scooters of the \’90s boom. With the collapse of the Italian scooter industry in the Noughties they ceased production. Like the boy who cried \’wolf\’ they regularly teased re-starting production but it never happened. This year, however, we are told the wait is over and the Dragster is coming […]
Direct Access – Taking the bike test | FEATURE
Are you one of those scooterists who find excuses as to why you ‘can’t’ or won’t take your bike test? Are you a serial CBT taker? Or scared to take your test because you either refuse to or don’t want to ride a bike? Well read on, this article is for you. Ten years ago, Linsey […]
2017 Oracle: Vespa PX replacement? | EDITORIAL
Crystal balls. That’s what you get if your waterproofs leak at the crutch, but there’s another type. One to look into the future… Here’s our SLUKin’ Vespa predictions for 2017… Oh no, it’s come around again, beards and Christmas jumpers are fashionable again! New Vespa PX for 2017? So are […]
Vespa PX Gear Selector Boxes PART 1 | WORKSHOP
The Vespa PX is a rugged engine, but gear selection is a weakness that gets worse with age and harder to cure with dubious quality spare parts. There was a time when – for standard engines at least – you could usually cure gear selection problems by replacing all the usual suspects (cruciform, […]
SLUKin’ Christmas comp entries | UPDATED
Here are the final entrants for our SLUKin’ Christmas competition. We’ll announce our winner at 7pm. #4 Brian Cole: Scooter sketches Talented Brian Cole sent us a couple of his scooter sketches, this one from the Isle of Man TT course is a cracker. #5 Richard Oswald: As my entry for the […]
Fixing the weak links | OPINION
Innovation is a dodgy subject. Not as dodgy as the Josef Fritzl Guide to Childcare, but still contentious. As Vespa & Lambretta performance increases, Sticky asks if progress is too fast for the rest of the scooter to keep up with?
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