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Each month Scootering also has a large Music section with reviews, band news, interviews and event exclusives. It also regularly raids the archives to bring you best scooter stories and pictures from yesteryear, from Maico to Heinkel, Lambretta to Triumph! With the best classified ads in the business, the very latest news (often before anyone else in the UK!), it's a must read for every scooterist of all ages
This sporting life
The Puzzle • Building a custom scooter by combining two very different marques is challenging enough, but Krzysztof Szews decided to create a first-rate sprinter at the same time.
There’s lovely! Llandudno National, October 18-20, 2024 • The end-of-season National has been and gone, but what a cracker it was!
The Knowledge: 2025 Nationals • They’re the lifeblood of British scootering, and the Nationals calendar for 2025 offers something for everyone. We set the scene with a trio of bank holiday belters that herald a host of summer get-togethers across the country.
Be more Keith • This month Paul takes inspiration from both ends of the scooterist age spectrum and coins new phrases to encourage us all.
We have ignition • Over the years, there have been many advances in improving scooter engines, but Stu Owen thinks that none have had more influence than electronic ignition.
End of the road for LTH
Farewell to Andy Robinson
Change of name for Allstyles insurance
Winter Classic
Terry Hale, RIP
Government’s new insurance taskforce cautiously welcomed by MAG
Our events listing returns
Dainese goes green
Wax jackets from Oxford
Euro Enduro • In September, an ill-prepared team of Brits took part in the International Offroad Endurance Race and won. This is their unlikely story.
STOMPING • All that’s best in the world of scooterist culture brought to you by Nik and Stan
1984 • Forty years ago the Scooterboy culture was in its heyday, but Scootering magazine was yet to be born. Gareth Brown sets the scene for our 40th anniversary year.
Devil in the Design • Ridden not hidden is a perspective that Potteries-based scooterist Lee Brereton firmly subscribes to.
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Send Us a Postcard • Every month we love to share your adventures both big and small. Whether it’s a local rideout, a rally at the rugby club or something more adventurous, send Stan your pics with a short account of what happened, and we’ll do the rest.stan@scootering.com
Cracking Clitheroe: September 28-29, 2024 • Clitheroe is a small market town in Lancashire which sits at the foot of Pendle Hill on the edge of the Pennines. It’s where I spent my formative scootering years, and it’s the town I consider home, even though I’m not a native.
Burnley and Pendle SC 50th anniversary: August 10, 2024 • With a magnificent milestone to celebrate, it was predictable that Burnley and Pendle would pull out all the stops and create an event to remember.
Salt Flat scoots Part 1: Psychokiller • There’s no question that the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah are the home of speed, but is it a place for Lambrettas? This month we take an in-depth look at...