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

SCOOTERING

Outside influences • Has an outsider answered a question that seems impossible for scooterists to resolve?

Memories of Fred Willingham

LEGAL Q&A

Farewell Russell Dear

Casting call at Uni-Auto

King of Cool

Clean words

Fresh boots

Terrific twin • Scooterists and scooter tuners have never been afraid to push the boundaries of what their machines are capable of. This month Paul ponders on the marvel that is Casa’s new twin.

Taking a breather • After the fast-paced environment of the 1980s, the scooter scene had to reinvent itself in the 1990s. Are we facing the same challenges today?

Tanking along • If something sounds too good to be true then it’s probably aimed at novice scooter tuners...

Art attack! • Custom scooters are inspired by many things, graffiti art being one of the most subliminal; but Old So Kool could well bring that genre into the limelight.

Small frame – big change • Pinasco has long been an iconic tuning brand and now it’s caught the electric bug. However, as Rik discovered, it’s being done with a twist.

The Knowledge: Air wear • Motorcycle airbags are now compulsory in high-end motorsport. This month we chat to Joe Moss, of RST’s In&Motion collaboration, about how this track technology is being made available for road use.

How to train your DRAGON • Ah yes. Draconae Lambrettae Vulgaris. The common garden dragon. Once a regular sight around the flats of Norfolk, in recent years it has been spotted more frequently in the coastal areas of Lincolnshire.

Crossing continents • Despite never having ridden a Vespa, in the summer of 2022 Trevor Dodds bought one over the phone. Three months later he was on his way to Istanbul….

The Lexicon of Scooters #15 Durkopp Diana • History has consigned Durkopp’s Diana to being an ‘also ran’, which is unjust – for in its time this German scooter was equal to, if not better than, those produced by either Vespa or Lambretta.

Durkopp Diana That was then... • Back in March 1957, The Motor Cycle had many practical points to consider on its road test of the Diana. Petrol theft and high-heeled shoes were higher on the list than many would imagine…

Durkopp Diana This is now • We all dream of discovering and rescuing a long-abandoned scooter, but would you go out of your way for a Durkopp Diana? Fortunately ‘Two wheel Tony’ knows a good thing when he sees it.

A quick one with Smoove • Smoove & Turrell’s self-styled ‘northern funk’ sound has rapidly become a popular part of the British rally scene. Sarge caught up with them ahead of their headline set at this year’s Scarborough National.

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Send us a postcard • It may not be ideal riding weather in the UK but don’t...