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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Self-driving car confusion

13 Station Road • There aren’t too many addresses that, on their own, will make scooterists smile but this is one of them.

Was pandemic a wake-up call? • With the scootering calendar back in full flow, it seems everyone has been enjoying events they may have taken for granted before Covid

Bath time • Keeping a scooter clean isn’t always easy, but how far should you go to make sure it’s kept spotless?

The Scooter Bible • Any book that proclaims itself to be ‘the bible’ rarely lives up to its title. This is no exception but, if you love Americana, it still has plenty to offer.

What’s the point? • This month Tom explains that it’s not just the throttle which determines how fast you ride.

Welcome to the asylumOddballs Rally, August 4-7, 2022 • At Oddballs, the emphasis is on fun, with a capital F. It always captures the imagination and this year its theme was the most ambitious yet.

HOME BUILT HYBRID MONSTER • Is it an auto? Is it a Lambretta? No, it’s Lammerstein, creature from another world.

The Heinkel Tourist • The scooter boom of the 1950s lured in many manufacturers and while some failed against the ‘big two’, others fared much better

Heinkel Tourist That was then... • ‘Heil Heinkel’ is an unusual verdict for a road test written only 14 years after the Second World War, yet that’s exactly the conclusion Motorcycling with Scooter Weekly came to when testing the Heinkel Tourist.

Heinkel Tourist This is now • I doubt that Riki Hussain has ever backed down from a challenge in his life. In fact, shoehorning a 350cc Yamaha YPVS motor into a Heinkel Tourist is probably one of the easier things he’s done.

Making his Mark • Prolifically productive musician, singer, songwriter and scooterist Mark Le Gallez has been making music since 1979. Sarge caught up with him at the 2022 Oddballs rally.

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

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Cologne Scooterist Weekender • This year Scooter Centre Cologne celebrates its 30th birthday. Scootering was there to join in the celebrations.

The biggest little tuner • Size matters, or so they say, but in the case of Adam Tassoman his influence on British scootering has been out of proportion to the resources at his command.

Vamping it up • Some topics cry out to be featured on a custom scooter. In the case of vampires you can almost hear the screams for attention.

POLO, A MINT LITTLE LAMBY • No list of mutated scooters would be complete without mentioning the Lamby Polo. Often described as ‘the ugliest Lambretta of all time’, its fans may be small in...