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.
Jo Daines: “I love my scootering family”
Joanna Daines has dipped in and out of the scootering scene for nearly 40 years, and with the sound and smell of a two-stroke in her blood from her mid-teens, she’s always been drawn back into a scene that’s been a constant in British culture since the 1960s.
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 […]
How to convert your Vespa to electric: new tricks for old dogs
We take a look at the growing trend for converting petrol-powered Vespas to electric.
NIU electric scooter tipped to become the “new Vespa”
A newcomer to the electric scooter market is hitting the streets with the arrival of the NIU – tipped to become “the new Vespa” according to Forbes As electric scooters go, the NIU is flying with massive sales across Europe and impressive pre-orders now it has launched in the UK. A NIU can cost as […]
Iconic Italian Vespa scooter goes all electric
The iconic Italian Piaggio Vespa scooter company will go green and all electric when it launches the Vespa Elettrica in Milan in November 2018. The new Vespa – which means wasp in Italian – has evolved from the single model motor scooter first manufactured by Piaggio in 1946. Vespas are famed for their painted, pressed […]
Buzz1 electric scooter has the look of a vintage Vespa
It may look like a vintage Vespa but the uber cool Buzz1 electric scooter is absolute light years ahead in terms of technology and refinement.