03 From the Archive
A serious fancy dress entrant
from 1961.

06 Kickstart
The front section that we’ve packed
full of useful stuff from news and reviews,
products tested, clothing worn, opinions,
readers letters, Dave’s Nostalgic Custom
Corner, a little music and plenty more besides.

23 Competition
Ten lucky readers can win a set of
Shad luggage, each set of three items worth
£100 – totalling £1000 of prizes in all!

26 Ten-Inch Terror
Our cover star Vespa. Featuring PX
and Bajaj body parts, a Husqvarna WR360
engine, plenty of ingenuity and some fine
German engineering!

34 30 Years of the Vespa T5
Iggy takes a look back at this venerable 125cc
classic, Norrie Kerr revisits an old flame, and a
few readers offer their opinions too.

42 Route 66
Getting your kicks on this famous
American road, celebrated on a custom
Lambretta scooter.

47 Club do’s & events
A calendar of scooter related events

48 Lincoln BSRA Scooter Rally
The LCGB’s scooter-ific weekend
of all things scootering.

55 British Vespa Days
Fun with the VCB in the Lake District.

56 Llandudno BSRA Rally
A rain soaked ride to and from a great weekend
in this Victorian seaside town.

61 Strictly Scooters
Just as it says on the tin. With a bit of
sun. And some birds.

64 Brown Sugar
A familiar name but on a Spanish
Lambretta that the owner proudly built
himself. Which do you prefer?

70 Classic Scootering from the 1920s
The Monet & Goyon Super Velauto: first
generation racing scooter powered by
British engine!

76 Tech Tips – NOVA
Paperwork is a right royal pain in
the arse, but Barrie shows us it can be
easy. Sometimes.

80 Staff Scooters – D Riffic
An accidental three-speed purchase by Andy,
and he loves it!

84 Staff Scooters – Rusteration
Comiseration Part 4
Barrie continues recycling parts on the
Series 3 he bought.

90 Specialist Services
Planning your end of season project?
Whatever you want, from platers to tuners,
engineers to painters, fabricators to
upholsterers, you’ll find them all here.
Hopefully.

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

112 Various events
A quick round up.

118 Touring the Scottish Islands
Animals Fae Naboombu SC go exploring…

122 BSSO Scooter Racing
Sunny Lydden Hill, except it was raining too.

124 Tangerine Dream
An uncomfortable looking,
but well engineered and eye catching
Vespa chopper.

130 Into the Sunset
Keep your stories coming folks,
there’s always room for one more tale!