What's in the issue

CONTENTS

4 Back when we had hair
Nostalgic memories
from times gone by

6 Scooterama
A felicitous fanfare of facts,
feedback and faces

14 What’s going on?
A look at the scooterist
calendar

16 Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally
Full event report. Were you there?
Did we take your picture?

28 Veston Partin DBT5
You only scoot twice…

34 Cosmick
The Mike Hayman story

38 Sexy Sindy
The Vespa SS180 the last of
the piston ported Vespas

42 The Luna Line and the UK market
Pt 2: in orbit

46 Back in the day
It can get lonely on the
Yorkshire Moors

48 Mad for it
Matt Crawley’s custom
Lambretta Series 2

52 They think it’s all over…
Colin Cartwheel reflects
on the trips of a lifetime

56 Project:E
The classic answer to your
carbon footprint problems

58 ‘Little Star, shining bright’
Richard Gabb’s Lambretta
Super Starstream

62 Keeping it in the family
Fred’s 152L2 Vespa

64 Trials and tribulations
The art of touring

66 Lambretta to Morocco
A trip to remember for John Power

72 Rally Round-up
A quick glance at recent events

80 Dirt Diggers
Scooter racing with a difference

82 Scooter clubs
Meet and greet your local club

86 Scooterist classifieds
For all your wants and needs

90 Blast from the past
The Motobecane Moby