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Scomadi SLUK Sports screen | REVIEW
We’ve been keeping our flexible plastic friend busy over the last few weeks. He’s been developing and making some exclusive new SLUK products that we’re confident will look good, last well and that road-going riders will want and find useful.
Frankenstein Scooters book | FREE CHAPTER
If travel broadens the mind, then scooter travel wears it like a sombrero. Frankenstein scooters to Dracula’s is a book written to inspire 2-wheeled travel. Dean and Kim on the ultra-reliable Indian GP In 2013 three adults and two kids toured Eastern Europe on two bike-engined ‘Frankenstein’ scooters and one barely modified […]
Birth of a cylinder kit – SSR 250 | FEATURE
What is involved in making a new cylinder kit from scratch? SLUK joined Casa Performance at their base in Italy to follow progress of their new SSR 250 kit as it makes its way from drawing to running prototype in record time.
Lambretta Model C ‘Factory Racer’ | FEATURE
October 2016 grants British scooterists a rare chance to see one of Innocenti’s factory-built Model C production racers at the Bridlington Trade & Custom Show. The example shown here is from the Lambretta and Scooter Museum of Vittorio Tessera in Milan. It is one of several factory racers that have survived over 67 years since […]
Vespa bungee jump | FEATURE
Austrian stuntman, Günter Schachermayr aims to ride his Vespa to the troposphere… after conquering his fear of heights. Adrenaline junkie? Many scooter riders like a bit of adrenaline, pushing an ageing scooter beyond its limits for hours on end. Making it do things it shouldn’t and waiting for that inevitable seize. All that is […]
Fake Britain | FEATURE
We all love a bargain and we’ve all been tempted at times to purchase items that may not be all they seem. As a general rule of thumb if the price seems too good to be true, then chances are the item is just that, too good to be true. But what does it really matter? Well, […]
107 mph Lambretta hybrid KTMbretta 390 | CUSTOM
KTMbretta 390: a multi-cultural fusion of Italian styling, Spanish components, Austrian design, Indian power, British workmanship and Welsh rider… Could this be the most complete, finely finished and useable Lambretta hybrid ever built? Our Rossa-350-owning photographer, Marcus, calls it a benchmark to judge all others by.
Bored? Try cardboard modelling | FEATURE
Recycle, Reuse, Ride! Chris Gilmour is not a name that will be familiar to many of us but here is a man with an obsession with cardboard and I mean an obsession. Originally from Stockport and now living in Udine, Italy where he creates these life-size works of art purely from cardboard and glue. […]
Stoffi’s Crank-e electric Vespa conversion | FEATURE
I love Vespa smallframes and Italians are incredibly nostalgic about Vespa 50s, but in many places they are now banned. Historic city centres all over the continent have banned the use of 2-strokes, and it’s coming to Britain as well. In 2020, the mayor of London, who is very passionate about cleaning up pollution, is proposing to […]
Euro-4: are old scooters better than new ones? | EDITORIAL
I know what the answer is going to be from fans of traditional geared Vespas and Lambrettas. Nobody will ever persuade them that anything made of plastic is better than real steel and aluminium. I have some sympathy. I love the styling and simplicity of classic scooters. I even perversely enjoy the cycle of break it, fix it, […]
Fit & tune – BGM 177 kit: verdict & video | WORKSHOP
Venlo or bust? A last minute replacement kit was fitted the day before Venlo, not ideal, especially with temperatures set to scorchio and a long motorway journey planned. Nevertheless Boris got the scooter built in the nick of time and set off to run the new engine in the scooter boy way… Fast and hard.If you […]
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