From teenage mod to Lambretta racer
Teenage mod turned Lambretta racer and tuner Shaun Fairhead explains how he fell in love with scootering and why it still gives him a thrill.
Couple’s deep love for scooter rallies
Two flight jackets, 30 years apart, are testament to Chris Howlett’s enduring love for scooter rallies.
The first dates from 1985, when Chris travelled to all 10 national rallies, from Dunbar to the Isle of Wight and Colwyn Bay to Great Yarmouth, and stitched on the Paddy Smith patches to prove it.
The return of Dazzle: Dizzy’s custom scooter revival
Dazzle was one of the most iconic custom scooters of the 1980s, and Paul Dizzy has restored it to its former glory.
The mod revival, scooters and a melting pot of cultures
Steve Bales and Stephen Panting have been riding scooters since 1982, when the mod revival brought the return of large-scale scooter rallies to the UK.
They told us why they’re still riding 40 years on.
Johnny Walklate: the rare scooter
Three years in Italy gave Johnny Walklate an enduring love of scooters. He spoke to us about his rare Lambretta Model A.
Andrew ‘Pregg’ Preston: the scooter collector
It’s summer 2015, and Andrew ‘Pregg’ Preston is out for a ride near his home on the ‘62 Vespa he’s just had transformed into a tribute to his late father Mick. He’s only doing 30mph, his lights are on, and life is good on a warm, light late evening, when a car comes roaring out […]
Scooter stories: Mally Lamb, the ‘60s mod
Mally Lamb was first seduced by the fashion – the sharp, tailored suits, shirt and tie, desert boots, and US army parkas. Then there was the music of the Small Faces and The Kinks and, of course, the Italian Lambrettas and Vespas that defined the very British mod subculture that began in the late 1950s […]
Feet in Wales, heart in Italy: scooterist Paul Davies shares his collection
My name is Paul Davies and I’m a 50-year-old scooterist. I started riding scooters on the back of the early 1980s mod revival.