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

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No more No Mercy?

Caffeine-fuelled cult fiction

LEGAL Q&A

This is the Modern World in Brighton

You’ve got the parts, now get the T-shirt

Vespa specials • Following on from the Bieber special edition Primavera, Vespa continues its efforts to attract new riders with a pair of interestingly themed special editions.

Fuerteventura farewell

Rapide review • MT Rapide global full face helmet (white, green and red)

What caused rattlin’ cough? • Lately I’ve had cause to wonder if my misspent youth was starting to catch up with me…

Recalling the forgotten ones • Mention the Lambretta and Vespa and it’s always the popular models people remember, but what about the rest?

Rosy glow in a BR tin • Scooter painting is an art – but if attempted at home with untested primer, it may not go to plan

Scootering in the 1970s • In the second part of his trilogy Stu Owen reflects on the decade that scooterists chose to forget, the 1970s.

Braking Bad, Made Good • This month Tom takes us into the realms of advance techniques with trail braking, and it’s not something for the novice.

Send us a Postcard Belgian adventure Eurolambretta, June 3-5, 2022 • Stuart Dawson sent us a postcard from this year’s Eurolambretta in Belgium. He rode to the event on the same Lambretta he completed his first Euro rally on – 31 years ago.

Send us a Postcard • Next month we’ll have a special postcard from European Vespa Days but for now, enjoy these updates from around the world.

Less is more • Knowing what to add and what to take away is the key to successful scooter building. It’s an art that Swiss enthusiast Gabriel Giger has mastered perfectly.

The Lambretta TV200 • Sometimes a design is so good it can stop its real potential from being pursued and gentle persuasion is required to take the idea even further

Lambretta TV200 That was then... • In December 1963, Motorcycle Mechanics got its hands on a TV200. The report proves that the Concessionaires’ rebranding exercise was confusing from the outset.

Lambretta TV200 This is now • What could be better than a British registered-from-new TV 200 with provenance? The obvious answer is TWO British registered-from-new TV 200s with provenance…

Boomerang Brown In the beginning... PART ONE • Many of you may remember the name of Gareth Brown. If you don’t, pin back your ears….

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

Show us your Scoots

Return of the Magnificent Seven Big 7 National June 10-12, 2022 • As Stu Smith reports, three years of planning, beautiful weather, a fantastic lineup of bands and amazing scooters ensured that this year’s Big 7 was one to remember

Black in Bavaria • Can you remember the last time we featured a...