03 Hello & welcome…
It’s almost August and our scooters’
odometers are going into overdrive!

06 Kickstart
The ever expanding front section, as
always packed full of information from news
and reviews of products and events,
opinions, rumours and whispers, great roads
to ride, old custom scooters from yesteryear,
handy hints, readers’ letters, personals and
plenty more.

34 Senorita
A lovely and subtle Spanish
Winter model Lambretta Li from Eibar.
Very tidy indeed.

40 Bike Engine’d Scooter Shootout
So you want to go faster but are in search of
more power than a barrel kit on scooter engine
can offer. How easy is an engine transplant,
and what are the benefits and pitfalls?

48 Club do’s & events
A calendar of scooter related events.

50 The Tre Mari
Hats off to the Vespa Club of Bari who
organise this wonderful little event in the deep
south of Italy.

58 Newark Scooter Rally
Thirty years after scooterists burnt it
down, we’re back (without firelighters!).

64 VespaWorld Days,
Mantova, Italy
What better excuse do you need to ride your
Vespa halfway across Europe? If you need
more convincing, read on…

72 The 2014 Euro Lambretta Jamboree,
Davos, Switzerland
As above, but on a Lambretta. Beautiful roads,
good company and plenty of Toblerone!

82 Cleethorpes Scooter Rally
Fun and frolics with the Monsters and Olympic
scooter clubs.

86 Bagpuss
Because Emily loved him. And so do
we. We’re also quite fond of a Vespa 50
Special too, which is lucky as this is a rather
tasty example.

94 Back to Basics
Barrie shows us all how to overhaul
your Lambretta Series 1, 2 and 3 forks.

104 Specialist Services
Whatever you want, from platers
to tuners, engineers to painters, you’ll find
them all here. Hopefully.

107 Scooter Trader
Classified and business
advertising, for all your scootering needs.

120 Various scooter club events, from
all over the UK.

126 Camber Sands Scooter Rally
“Good morning campers! I’m your Uncle
Ernie, and I welcome you to Tommy’s Holiday
Camp!” (Well, sort of…)

130 Scooter Racing Round 7
The 2014 BSSO circus moves to Kent and
receives some wildcard Italian visitors.

132 Barry Sheene Racer
A Lambretta tribute to the great
British motorcycle racer.

138 Into the Sunset
More of your tales of trials and
tribulation. Keep sending them in please folks!

000 Show Us Your Scoot!
Sorry folks, we ran out room for it this month.
It’ll be back soon, we promise!