SCOOTERING WASBROUGHT TO YOUWITH THE HELP OF...
Stu Smith
Vespa&Lambretta
owner,scooter
obsessive, amateur
home mechanic, rally
goer,Mod sympathiser,
music lover and
general all-round good
egg. He writes your
rally reports, be nice
to him.Christian
Giarrizzo
From Italy to Australia,
this man get the miles
in and has ridden some
serious roads in his
time.Adedicated
journalist who meets
the most interesting
characters
along the way.Sarge
With over four decades
of riding, rally-going
and competing on both
Lambretta and Vespa
scooters under his belt,
this fo rmer Freddie
Mercury lookalike is
still going strong.
He’satop DJ too,
don’tcha know.Dave Oakley
Riding and building
scooters since 1983,
Dave has been a
contributor to
Scooteringsince the
90s. His builds include
chops, cutdowns,
street-racers, autos
and the most infamous
custom of the 80s!Big Stan
80s scooterboy turned
long-distance rider.
Be it local, national
or international, he’ll
ride anywhere in his
quest to bring you
the tastiest scooters,
best roads, trade
interviews and
hidden gems.Stuart Owen
LCGB ‘life member’,
100mph LambrettaClub
owner and scooter
restoration expert to
boot. Scooter rider,
rally-goer,restorer
and author.Reaches
the parts other scooter
journalists just
can’t reach.Paul Green
Vespa&Lambretta
scooter enthusiast,
BSSO professional and
general good egg. Our
Paul hasalong history
of scootering both on
the road and on the
track, with the
breakdown bills and
crash scars to prove it.Welcome to the Augustedition of ScooteringI
’ve always beenakeen boxing fan,
and this quote is attributed to the
greatest, Muhammad Ali...
“Impossible is justabig wo rd thrown
around by small men who find it
easier to live in the world they've been given
than to explore the power they have to
change it. Impossible is notafact. It's an
opinion. Impossible is notadeclaration. It's a
dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is
temporary.Impossible is nothing.”
The truth, however,ist hatitw as just some
blurb put together by ‘creative ad
professionals’ Aimee Lehto and Boyd Coyne,
who plastered it overapicture of Ali... thus
it's often wrongly attributed to him. Still, it’s
agreat quote! AtatimewhenAli was at his
peak, he wasasponsored athlete of Adidas
(can you see where I’m going with this now?).
The brand’screator (Adi Dassler) had set out
to create the world’sbest sports shoe, and
though Nike might disagree,Ithink he did
just that. Like many other objects and brands
which 80s’ sub-culture took under its wing,
Adidas holdsaspecial
place in the hearts of
many scooterists... me
especially.Specifically
the ‘Originals’ range. I
do think it’sall become
abit commercialised,
and over-hyped now,but
(sadly) what hasn’t
these days?
So when Isaw astreet
racer Lambretta, with a
Taylor Tunedengine,
and an Adidas Spezial
paintjob by DTC... I
damn near wet myself.
Picking the cover scooter
is oftenavery trickytask, and although Stef’sVespa (see p58-62)
was aVERYstrong contender,for purely
selfish reasons it had to be Sole Racer.Sorry
Stef.
Elsewhere in the mag, Stan has given us
an insight into the changesat Scomadi UK, a
welcome update for all Scomadi owners, I’m
sure. We have cracking reports from Kelso,
Big 7and Animal Antics, plus another four
‘readers’ rally reports’, too. The Kickstart
section is bustling with industry news and
products, and Christian foundastonker of a
VBB rusteration story to report on. But my
favourite editorial piece this month comes via
Mr Colin Reeves,aformer journalist for
‘Power&Pedal’ magazine... in this case,
specifically,the 1964edition! From this we
have been able to re-print his former article,
which he wrote afteravisit to the Innocenti
factory.It’salovely nostalgia piece, and one
I’m sure you’ll enjoy as much asIdid.
Anyw ay,that’senough of my ramblings, it’s
another belter this month... enjoy the issue.
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