Scootering

The UK's biggest and best scootering magazine - with over 130 pages containing some of the best examples of customised and restored Lambretta and Vespa scooters in the world, new scooter reviews and test rides, events/ rallies/ show reports, and the massive 48-page pull-out Scooter Trader section - the best place to buy & sell scooters, spare parts and memorabilia!

Each month Scootering also has a large Music section with reviews, band news, interviews and event exclusives. It also regularly raids the archives to bring you best scooter stories and pictures from yesteryear, from Maico to Heinkel, Lambretta to Triumph! With the best classified ads in the business, the very latest news (often before anyone else in the UK!), it's a must read for every scooterist of all ages

Dare to be different

ECURIE ECOSSE • It may hail from France and have a European sounding name, but in Ecurie Ecosse, Jean-Baptiste Miralles has created a fitting tribute to the great Scottish motorsport team

The Knowledge: RIDING JEANS • They’ve been around for years, but why do we need riding jeans and what should we look for when buying a pair? We spoke with Ian Wilson, owner of Roadskin, to get the skinny on saving our skin.

IT’S A CLASSIC... • The first full weekend of the new year sees the Newark Showground taken over by a festival of things two-wheeled; ranking high among the festivities is Scooter World.

Give me a J • This month Paul ponders the increasing popularity of Lambretta’s J Range, which now extends to the race track…

It’s all in the hidden detail • Quite often, the real work that goes into building a scooter goes unnoticed and, therefore, isn’t always fully appreciated.

‘Wigan Tim’ Parr, 1966-2023

LEGAL Q&A

Zante scooter crash surplus goes to Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Malice at the Isle of Wight

Toscano 2024

Feeling casual • As we look forward to warmer days it’s time to think about next season’s kit and here’s our selection of new items that merge practicality with style.

Armoured cargo

WEISE AXEL SOFTSHELL JACKET

J tribute – and a fanzine farewell • This month’s Book Club features two publications at opposite ends of the production spectrum, but both are enjoyable in their different ways. One is dedicated to Lambretta expert Howard Chambers, the other is an old-school Skinhead fanzine revived...

Triumph Tigress • With the scooter boom of the 1950s at its peak, one of the world’s most powerful motorcycle manufacturers took the plunge and joined in the race.

Triumph Tigress That was then... • The Motor Cycle magazine was full of praise for Triumph’s latest product. How much of this was justified, and how much was out of loyalty to the manufacturer, is purely a matter of speculation.

Triumph Tigress This is now • What do we do with our collections of old fashioned, two-wheeled transport when we are too old, too ill, or even sadly departed?’ This Tigress has the answer.

Nitrous Nightmare • Adding 20bhp via a nitrous kit can sound appealing, but having holed two pistons Dennis Lathrope knew he had to form a better plan to fine-tune his nitrous-injected SST265…

Show us your Scoots

MAILBOX • Letters&emails&correspondence&questions&personals&thank-yous&comments&more Feedback, Scootering magazine, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ or feedback@scootering.com

Send Us a Postcard • Every month we love to share your adventures both big and small. Whether it’s a local rideout, a rally at the rugby club or something more adventurous, send Stan your pics with a short account of what happened and we’ll do the rest: stan@scootering.com This month we’ve an end-of-season report from All or Nothing SC and an insight into the...