Category: Scooter Stories

A lifetime with Lambrettas: Tom’s tale of speed, friendship, and endurance

Tom Pead has lived and breathed Lambrettas from his days as a teenage mod in the 1960s. He moved into scooter racing, and still owns the GP125 he first raced in 1969.

Lambretta chopper is Rob’s masterpiece

Rob Johnson's Lambretta chopper is one of a kind, and divides opinion everywhere it goes. Find out why he built it.

Machine over ‘scene’ for scooterist Mark

For scooter enthusiast Mark Genery, it’s far more about the machine than the scene. He told us about his fascination for classic scooters.

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.

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27 October 2023

Andy’s scooter life from boy to man

Over nearly five decades, scootering has given Andy Saggers so much - his wife, Sandra; adventures all over Europe; friendship with Edwin Starr; and grass track racing fun, along with a few broken bones.

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25 September 2023

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.

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8 September 2023

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.

Scooter Stories

17 August 2023

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.