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A long way from the local seaside chip shop… Chris Harries’ trusty PX pauses somewhere between Nambour and Melbourne, proving that scooter adventure still begins with a map, a kickstart and a vague sense of optimism. Welcome to the May edition of Scootering.Finally… it’s that time when the days get a bit longer, the skies brighten up, the Finally... it's that time when the days get a bit longer, the skies brighten up, the miserable grip of winter is well behind us, and scooters that have spent months in a hundred pieces spread across workshop floors are now starting to find their way off the repair bench and back onto the road. Better still, the rally season, much like my own scooter, is now kickstarting, coughing, spluttering and bursting into…

As scooterists, we are obsessed with making scooters go faster, so why did the big scooter manufacturers fail to capitalise on it? The original idea behind the motor scooter was cheap, affordable, commuter transport. Small capacity but highly economical, they mobilised nations across the globe. As their popularity grew, people began travellin longer distances on them, and that is when their limited power became a disadvantage. Carrying out such activities was better suited to bigger, more powerful vehicles. Therefore, for the scooter to survive, it had to adapt, and that meant bigger, faster engines. By the beginning of the 1950s, it was clear that the Vespa and Lambretta would be the market leaders in scooter production. Other manufacturers would try to break their stranglehold, but the reality was that it…

Yes, it’s a maxi scooter, but lovers of more traditional scoots should stop before turning the page. Aprilia’s SRGT 400 is the sporting scooter we’ve been demanding for years. When was the last time we had factory-built sports scooter? To be clear, I mean something designed by the factory to exhilarate, and that delivered something that set it apart from the pack, not just a set of limited edition graphics. By my reckoning, we have to go back to the T5 era, and that’s three decades ago… or maybe the Italjet Dragster? In either case, since then, we’ve moaned about the absence of such a beast over beers at club nights, scooter journalists have mentioned it at press launches, and punters with cash in their pockets have made it clear…

In scooter terms, Quadrophenia has always been about the machines ridden by Phil Daniels and Sting, but others cast a different light on the story… Everything pictured remains exactly how it was used during filmip 48 years after it was used in one of the most iconic films ever, it remains in good condition, albeit with a bit of rust and patina. There have been so many stories and debates about the Quadrophenia film over time that it would take forever to list them all. It can be anything from the actors to the clothes and music, but the most frequently talked-about topic must be the scooters. The two primary ones were the Lambretta used by Phil Daniels and the Vespa used by Sting. Both are surrounded in controversy, with…

Back to the future What is it like to have been away from riding scooters for 30 years, then come back and race BSSO? Paul Green speaks to Dave Cann to find out… PG: I remember you were racing in the early 90’s, back when I first started – how did you get into it? DC: Well, I raced first in 1983, I think. Around the area where I lived near Eastleigh, someone said Roly Caldecutt races scooters and lives near you… I went to meet him and also met the legendary Geoff Stephens. A few days later, Pete Hinsley turned up, and I met him too. You couldn’t get three bigger characters from scooter racing at the time! Geoff always had a story to tell about squirting it to…

Polini parts for Royal Alloy Want to give your Royal Alloy a little more pep? Well, Polini has the parts you need… It’s no secret that the motors which power most modern autos are based on a small, but perfectly formed, family of engines produced by specialist contractors. In theory, identifying which aftermarket parts fit should be easy, but as each brand has added its own twist to the basic recipe, things can get a little complicated. Fortunately, the nice people at Polini HQ have responded to a question posed by Ron Daley Scooters and identified which Polini components are compatible with the Royal Alloy range. The full list, together with the relevant Polini catalogue numbers, is listed below. For more information visit: www.rondaleyscooters.co.uk 300 Liquid Cooled Cylinder: 140.0230 ECU:…

All that’s best in the world of scooterist culture, and a few surprises, brought to you by Stu. How Dizzy Holmes turned adversity, obsession and Mod culture into one of the most enduring independent record labels in the UK. Detour Records What began accidentally, quite literally, became a cornerstone of Mod-influenced music in the UK and beyond. In this in-depth Q&A interview, founder David “Dizzy” Holmes reflects on the twists, turns and detours that shaped the label. Sc: Detour Records famously started ‘by accident’, how did the journey really begin? DH: It genuinely wasn’t a master plan. I’d been a record collector since I was about fourteen, and by seventeen, I was already deep into scooters, running the Midhurst Detour S.C. Records, and scooters were my life, and they always…

Letters&emails&correspondence&questions&personals&thank-yous&comments&more Send us your letters - emails - ideas - thoughts - observations - thank-yous - comments: feedback@scootering.com Message of the month Ten years in the making Dear Scootering, I’ve just read the article in April’s Scootering magazine titled ‘Ten years in the making’ by Stuart Owen. Well, I must say, it’s the best article I’ve read regarding the truth and the making of one of the biggest gatherings of like-minded individuals in the UK and Europe. Both you and Stu have put a lot of historical work into this article, and what you’ve done by putting pen to paper is bold and true, but more so secures the future of scootering and scooterists way of life. I applaud you both. Keep the good work going. Cheers Len Hamilton -…

Would you like to have the final word? Send us a couple of high-res images of you and your scoot, together with a few details about it, and we’ll do the rest. dan@ scootering.com FINAL WORD More than a custom scooter, Phil Joyce’s PX is a deeply personal build that is a tribute to hard graft and turns lived experiences into art. So we asked Stu Smith to find out more… Sc: Phil, before we talk about the scooter itself, can you tell us a bit about your background and why mining plays such a central role in this build? PJ: I grew up on the John O’Groats estate in Rothwell near Leeds, and mining was part of everyday life. My dad worked on the pit face for nearly thirty…

  Some scooters fizz, others sparkle. But this Pepsi Max themed, Yamaha-powered, 1958 Lambretta Series 1, blends heritage and curves with YPVS 350 fury… Scooter culture has always thrived in the space between nostalgia and rebellion. But every so often, someone arrives with a machine that redraws the boundaries entirely. Enter Pepsi Max: Shaun Howell’s outrageously engineered 1958 Lambretta Series 1 framebreather, reimagined with a 1989 Yamaha YPVS 350 heart and enough bespoke engineering to make even seasoned hybrid builders’ heads turn. This is Shaun’s fourth Lambretta Series 1 project but his first hybrid; and with expert help from engineering alchemist and conversion specialist Gary Hancox along with Shaun’s pal, wiring guru Lyndon Jones, he’s created a scooter that doesn’t just honour the Yambretta tradition; it re-invents it with maximum…

Built to honour a lifetime of ambition, friendship and love. Ralph Appleby’s Lambretta TV200 is a deeply personal tribute machine realised through decades of patience, loyalty and belief. There are moments in scootering when a machine transcends its physical form. When metal, fuel and rubber stop being just components and instead become chapters in a story that stretches back years, sometimes decades. Ralph Appleby’s Lambretta TV200 is very much one of those scooters. It isn’t loud in appearance or exaggerated in performance, but it carries something far heavier than horsepower: a legacy. For Ralph, the TV200 was never just another model in the Lambretta range. Long before ownership became a reality, it represented an ideal. As a teenager, the TV200 embodied the ultimate balance of sophistication and purpose, a touring…

WIN a smart Scootering T-shirt with your photo For your chance to win a stylish Scootering magazine T-shirt, email us your HI-RES pics to: suys@scootering. com and the least crap snap wins! For full terms and conditions, visit: www.scootering.com/comptc DATA: Protection of your personal data is important to Mortons. Your data will be stored securely and only be used for the purpose of processing the competition and notifying the winners. Data will then be destroyed. Least crap snap This pic came in from Dimaz, who is from Jakarta, in South East Asia. It’s taken from his last trip to Lambretta Connection, on the road to Bromo. “My 1959 GS150 VS5, at Denver’s Washington Park”. Sent in by Jeffrey Cain. This is a pic of the UK Lambretta Chopper Club meeting,…

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 Dan your pics with a short account of what happened, and we›ll do the rest. dan@scootering.com Vespa Adventures: Nambour to Melbourne Day 1: Let the madness begin! My Vespa adventure started when I picked up my Black 2007 Vespa PX200 from Riding Road Scooters in Hawthorne, Brisbane, Queensland, where I had had it shipped a week earlier by Bikes-Only Transport (a great service!). The weather was horrid, with heavy showers all day, making for a miserable 118km ride up to Nambour in the hills north of Brisbane. The ride should have taken one and a half to two hours, but due to…

Two years after the international season starter in Germany ended, Spirit of 84 Scooterists came back with a new event. We came, saw, and loved every moment of it! F ourteen years ago, ‘Spirit-Scooterists’ Marcus and Mareike launched an event series that was different from what we had seen before in terms of time, place, and fashion. The Scooterist Meltdown, held in a never-commissioned nuclear power plant, became the European season starter with an all-in offer that resembled the scooterist’s version of locking kids in a candy shop. They were fun, fuelled, whacky years. But like all good things, they came to an end. Farewell, Scooterist Meltdown. What’s new pussycat? Fast-forward to Feb 2026: Hello, MadMoselle Scootacular! The femme fatale replaces reinforced concrete. Not only does it sound different, but…