Damsels Scooter Club National Rally in Portrush

A Weekend of scooters, music, rain and camaraderie Last weekend, the coastal town of Portrush became the epicenter of scooter culture as the Damsels in Distress Scooter Club brought their annual scooter rally to the British Scooter Rally Association’s calendar of National Rallies for the first time. Despite the challenging weather, scooter enthusiasts from far and wide converged on…

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Lockdown on the North Coast of Ireland – scooter ride round the Causeway Coast

While travelling in Europe in February/March from the United States, I found myself stuck in my homeland, Portrush, N.Ireland. The corona virus pandemic had reached new heights and I decided not to risk travel back to the States. So, months later, with restrictions eased, we found ourselves taking advantage of the lack of tourists and doing a couple of…

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Scooter Rallies UK 2019

Scooter Rallies in the UK and other European areas Please check with promoters before attending to confirm Rally Date Location Modrapheniacs Rally March 1st – 4th Sanford Wicksteed Parts Fair March 3rd Wicksteed Teignmouth March 29th – 31st  Teignmough Scarborough April 19th – 21st Scarborough Bangers and Mash Rally April 26-28th Nottingham Boxhill Rideout April 28th Worthington Weston Super…

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Scooter Rallies US – 2019

Rally Date City State Whiskey Dick  May 10 – 12 Pocono Manor PA Orange Crush Scooter Rally 24-May-19 Orange County CA Amerivespa 2019 19-Jun Lake Geneva WI Mad Bastard Scooter Rally 21-Jun Peterborough Ontario Shrimp Rally TBC Topsham Maine Mile High Mayhem 1-Aug Denver CO Land of 10,000 Scoots Rally 8-Aug Minneapolis Minnesota Rally of Northern …..ssion TBC New…

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The torpedo-shaped Čezeta

I saw this article in the Guardian the other day.  If you are thinking of going electric? “Čezeta (pronounced Chuh-zeh-tuh), originally designed in 1957, was inspired by the space race” Čezeta Type 506 electric scooter At around £11,000, you can expect 75mph with a range of 93 miles – enough to get you from London to Brighton Read more back at…

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Scrambler Vespa

Interesting article about SIP’s new custom bike: Butcher Garage put together an interesting custom bike for German parts dealer, SIP .  The ‘Escape’ has body work cut from a Vespa PX 150.  Read more …

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USA Scooter Rallies 2018

Please check event before making arrangements to travel Rally Date City State Spring Scooter 24 April 6 – 8 Portland OR Dead Elvis XI April 20 Memphis TN Whiskey Dick May 11-13 Stroundsburg PA Amerivespa June 6-10 2018 Richmond VA Lammy Jammy July 19 – 22 Seattle WA Ski’s Shrimp Run July 20-22 Topsham Maine Mile High Mayhem XX…

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