Issue 110 August/September 2016

4 Back when we had hair
Nostalgic memories from times gone by

8 Scooterama
A felicitous fanfare of facts,
feedback and faces

16 “You’ve got mail”
Readers express their views,
ask questions and show us
their pictures

20 What’s going on?
A look at the scooterist calendar

25 Rallies and rideouts
Events round-up

32 Practical Scooter magazine
Revisiting a publishing bygone from the 1960s

36 Modena madness
Dave Pugh’s retro-styled AJS

38 “Vive la France”
Bernardet – the revolutionary French scooter

42 “In England’s green and pleasant land”
Paul Wood’s 1980s show-winning GP is re-invented

46 Back in the day
The 1963 Isle of Man Scooter Week

48 Too good for the garage?
Where do you keep a scooterist’s best friend?

50 The Petersen Automotive Museum
A showcase for classic scooters

54 S-type Lambretta
Spencer Coe’s pride and joy

56 Lookalikeys
The modern alternatives

60 Happiness is a Vespa
Erling’s lifelong passion

64 Transition vamp
The early production Lambretta Model D

66 Trials and tribulations
The 1960 Isle of Man Scooter Week

68 BSSO news update
The Group 7 Sidecar Championship returns

70 A tale of three chairs
The ‘Hairy Chairs’ saga continues

74 The one-way world speed records
A spectacular event to attract the crowds

76 Lambretta top end rebuild
Spot damaged parts and
rebuild a standard top end

82 Scooter clubs
Meet your local club

86 Scooterist classifieds
For all your scooter needs

90 Blast from the past
Meccano Magazine and the Lambretta Vega