SCOOTERING | APRIL 2014

03 Hello & Welcome...
... to the April edition of Scootering.
We hope you enjoy your read!

06 Kickstart
The front section of the magazine
packed full of information from news and
reviews of products and events, to archive
material, opinions, rumours and whispers,
workshop essentials, old custom scooters
from the 1980s, handy hints, readers’
letters, oddballs, personals, app of the
month and a quick one with a scooter
riding MAG rep.

34 Brenda Holloway
From Motown to Northern soul, an
interview with this American soul sensation
prior to her appearance at London’s Modstock.

36 Maroon Machine
A customised Serveta Lambretta
tribute to the British Army’s Parachute
Regiment featuring some stunning artwork.

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

44 Classic Scootering – Panorama Mods
Ray Silk – a 60s Mod who appeared on BBC
TV’s Panorama and decades later inspired a
young Vespa enthusiast.

50 The Book of Scootering Rules
Our final instalment (for now) as the original
rules have suffered flood damage, but just
enough to prep you, as best they can, for the
scootering season ahead.

54 Scooterist Meltdown
The year begins in an abandoned
nuclear establishment, somewhere in
Germany...

59 Modrapheniacs’ Sandford Rally
A sunny outing on the south coast.

66 Martini Gold
An authentic Mod custom Vespa GS 150, just
like they used to be before the tabloids went
and spoiled it all.

74 Practical Scootering – I Can See Clearly Now...
... the rain has gone at last. No, it’s not a
weather report, Sticky has been converting
headlights again!

83 Practical Scootering – Staff Scooters
No, we’ve not forgotten them, we’ve just been
pushed for space recently. This time we fit a
12v battery to an AC system.

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

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

98 Scootering Security Guide
13 pages full of tips, hints and suggestions on
how to keep your scooter safe and secure.
Including testing trackers, building a secure
shed and a look behind the scenes at Thatcham.

108 Competition!
Win Lexham scooter insurance
worth up to £250!

123Scooter Club do’s

124Show Us Your Scoots!
Pictures of you, on your scoots – simples, eh?

126 Touring to Turkey
Sticky’s ride from Italy to Istanbul
on Frankenstein’s scooters – well, they don’t
actually belong to Frankenstein...

132 Little Red Rocket
When a standard Vespa 50N just
isn’t enough, why not fit a tuned liquid-cooled
33hp engine?

138 Into the Sunset
Another of your tales of trials and
tribulation. Keep ’em coming folks!