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

It’s a crazy, mixed-up world

TORQUE OF THE TOWN • In this stunning Lambretta, Geoff Marsh has simultaneously paid homage to local scooter history and created a custom classic.

The Knowledge: MUFFLER PACKING • Loud pipes save lives, but if loud enough they can also lead to an MoT failure or a £50 fixed penalty notice. Like all other aspects of a scooter, a muffler requires maintenance. Fortunately, it’s a straightforward and inexpensive task.

Verona vibes • As Geigo from Scooterismo.it reports, the Distretto Ruote Piccole is an exciting new show on the Italian circuit.

We’re all good friends now… • This month Paul Green ponders on the friendships that have replaced animosity between Mods and Rockers.

Not very sporting – the missed opportunity • During the heyday of scooter production, why was it that the big manufacturers failed to capitalise on the performance market?

Sticky goes wide

Dave Gould

LEGAL Q&A

ISLE OF MAN ‘OLD TIMER’ REUNION

Two-wheel industry confident it can weave its way through economic challenges ahead

NEWS • April showers may be heading your way so here’s a selection of clothing to keep everyone dry this spring

Future classics? • This month we’ve a double dose of new releases and they come from very different ends of the scooterist spectrum.

Lambretta TV175 Series 1 • By the mid-1950s, the Lambretta was the market leader in scooter design – but to stay ahead, Innocenti needed to create something different

Lambretta TV175 Series 1 That was then... • Today we’re used to electronic ignition, uprated suspension and high performance engines, which makes it difficult to realise just how innovative the TV175 was in 1958; no wonder The Motor Cycle’s tester was impressed.

Lambretta TV175 Series 1This is now • This TV1 isn’t just an incredible survivor that’s of importance to the whole Lambretta preservation movement, it’s also a portal back in time for Stan.

Keeping it in the family The battle of the TV200 builds • Vintage Lambretta restoration is a challenge, but two people in the same family attempting it together is something different...

Show us your Scoots

It takes two • Showing a custom scooter for the first time must be a breathtaking experience, particularly when it’s at an event that’s been planned for years…

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 a postcard that seems to have got delayed in the post as we take a look back at the 1980s’ Mod scene in Tramore, Ireland.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL CAINE • With...