3 Editorial
If I had to explain, you wouldn’t understand...

6 News
All the latest scooter news, new products, proposed EU laws and other bits ’n’ bobs too!

8 Workshop essentials
Grand Prix Scooters explore electrickery.

14 Scootering Sounds
The Clash’s London Calling – one album that spawned a load of custom scooters.

17 Show Us Your Scoots
Wish you were here – send us ya snaps!

18 Arthur Francis Trialmaster Replica
Our cover star – A tidy reproduction of a fabled 1960s dealer special Vespa SS90.

22 Feedback
Your letters, emails, personals and other stuff you’ve sent us.

24 The Olympics Closing Ceremony
If you didn’t watch it, you’d have heard about it! Well here’s the behind the scenes story.
 
30 Getting It Right
Sticky debates the potential aftershock of the Olympics.

48 New Untouchables Mod Weekender
Down to Brighton for the August Bank Holiday.

51 Club do’s & events calendar
What’s going on, where and when.

54 Mersea Island Scooter Rally
The 20th one in fact – drinks all round!

60 Gathering of the Clans
Scooters and Red Arrows in Northern Ireland.

66 Blue Summer
Recycled Lambretta chopper – carry on riding!

70 Recommended listening
The latest music and book releases reviewed.

74 Exclusive interview with Bruce Foxton
Back in the room with the man from The Jam, SLF and Casbah Club.

78 The Skints
Live in concert.

82 Emus In The Zone
Kasabian themed custom Lambretta. Intricate artwork, plenty of plating and already a trophy winner.

86 Lambretta Puma Cross
A real oddity, and rare (on these shores at least) – a Lambretta motorcycle made by Serveta in Spain.

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

119 Show Us Your Scoots!
Memory Lane and back to today.

124 Various Club Events
Spain, Scotland, Germany, Franceand England.

132 BSSO Scooter Racing
Round 6, at Darley Moor.

134 Group 6 Race Replica
Lambretta street racer, customised as a road-going track bike.It’s fast too.

138 Into the Sunset
More of your tales of trials and tribulations…

CLASSIC SCOOTERING

35 Blast From the Past
Sixty years ago this month – a French bloke crossed the English Channel on a Vespa.

38 The Excelsior Heinkel Tourist 103 AO
A classic German scooter that for a brief period also had an English brand name attached to it.

42 The Comet
A very tidy Lambretta Li Series 1 with just a few accessories, nice and understated.

PRACTICAL SCOOTERING

94 Tech Torque
The technical letters page where we all learn something.

96 Tech Tips
Stopping oil leaks from large frame Vespa clutch housings.

98 Product Test Update
The latest on various Lambretta parts we’ve been using recently.

100 Specialist Services
Whatever you want, you’ll find it here.

102 Show Us Your Scoots! From Your Shed
Your latest projects and creations.