Classic Scooterist – July-August 2019

Issue 128 Aug/Sept 2019

Founding Editor:Mau Spencer 01507 529408

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Publishing director:Dan Savage

Publisher:Tim Hartley

Contributors:Rich Addison; Gill Beecham;

Jon Betts; Pete Davies, Dave Dry; Ferrit;

Rod Gillan; Chris Wainwright; Andy Westlake.

Apologies to anyone we’ve forgotten.

Some of the articles within these pages express

the opinions of the contributors and are not

necessarily those of Classic Scooterist.

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Are you ready for the year's biggest weekend?

F

oorthoseouttherewhoarerally-going

scooterists,therearetwomajorscooter

eventsthatarejustaroundthecorner

andbothtakeplaceonthesouthcoast

overtheAugustBankHolidayweekend.

TheBritishScooterRalliesAssociation,as

usual,willberunningtheinternationalIsle

ofWightScooterRally(byfarthebiggest

scootereventanywhereintheworld).Alittle

furtheraroundthecoastatBrighton,the

NewUntouchablesarerunningwhathasnow

becometheirannualalternativeevent,their

NUTSModWeekender,whichisgrowingin

popularity,year-on-year.

Whetheryou’reastaunchBSRAnational

rallysupporter,orfollowagentler(possibly)

Modernisticlifestyle,theneitherevent

shouldcaterforyourindividualneeds.Some

scooteristseventrytodoboth–andit’snot

unusualtofindscooteristarrivingontheIoW

fromBrightonontheSunday,intimeforthe

annualmassscooterrideout.

Bythistimeinthescooteristseason,the

moreorganisedamonguswillhaveanyferry

bookings,weekendaccommodation,event

ticketsandotherperipheralneedswelland

trulysorted–butifyouhaven’tdone,now’s

thetimetoaddressanyoutstandingissues.

Ferriesgetprettybusyovertheholiday

weekendandaccommodation

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4 Back when we had hair

Nostalgic memories from

times gone by

10 Mailbox

Readers have their say

12 Scooterama

A felicitous fanfare of facts,

feedback and faces

18 What’s going on?

A quick look at what’s on the

calendar

20 Event and rallies

A round-up of recent scooter

events

28 Graff life

Take one street artist; then

let him loose on a Vespa and

you end up with a visually-

striking scooter!

32 ‘Always Angry’

Gibbo waited 12 years to get

his hands on this Vespa 50

Special

36 Seventies scooter sport

John Addison shares a few

meemoorieess

40 The LC1 Super Sprint

Just one word for Mark Green's

ex-NK racer – perfection!

46 Back in the day

It’s 1955 and time for fuel in

the Scottish Six Day Trial

48 Best of both worlds

Freddy’s Mod-style Vespa and

Lambretta

52 ‘Harry Hooter’

Bonneville Bob’s Triumph Tigress

56 A globetrotting Cometa

From Milan to the UK, via

South Africa – this Cometa

has lived a life

58 Coming in from the cold

Roy’s IWL Berlin SR 59

62 Five counties charity ride

450 mile trip around Ireland,

raising money for charity

64 Eclectic engineering

Saving scooters from a rusty grave

66 Getting from A to

(Model) B

Bringginggaasshaafttieebbaacckttoolifee

68 Race the Waves 2

Scooters return to the sand

70 DirtQuake invitational

It’s not often you’re invited to a

free unconventional race

72 Retaining originality

Renovating stainless trim

74 Setting Lambretta

static timing

A modern approach to a

classic problem

78 The Nobel 200

Winston’s Irish pride and joy

80 Read the rules!

The Colonel’s attempt at the VCB

Rider Competition continues...

82 Scooter clubs

Meet and greet your local club

84 Tales from the vault

The Southend mystery

86 Scooterist classifieds

For all your wants and needs

90 Blast from the past

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