If you’ve even but a passing interest in the story of scooter tuning from the 1970s until the present day, then you’ll enjoy the exclusive interview we have in the current edition of ScooterNova magazine with Ian Frankland of Taffspeed. Ian, together with his (late) brother Terry, aka the ‘Terrible Taffs’, took their enthusiasm for … Continue reading The Taffspeed Interview – only in ScooterNova magazine
A few new products have dropped into our electronic inbox in recent weeks that have stirred our interest, and so we thought we’d share a few with you if you’d not seen them yet yourselves. Firstly, Readspeed Scooters have a couple of new electronic CDI units they have developed that could appeal to a vast … Continue reading New products for classic scooters
As the annual Milan Motorcycle Show draws to a close, you may ask what were the highlights there over the last six days? Luckily Scooternova were on hand to capture the cream of the classic, modern, auto and geared scooter news for you. Euro 4 But first the boring news; Euro 4 regulations for powered … Continue reading Milan Motorcycle Show 2016 – New scooters, parts, lids & stuff!
Who knew there was scooter racing in Indonesia? And who knew it was so popular? Well, Indonesian scooterists probably did, but for the rest of the world this Vespa here is part of what appears to be a very well attended race series. Starting life as a Vespa SS90, this smallframe scooter was fitted … Continue reading Scooter Racing Indonesia
The last Vespa PX200 was produced by Piaggio back in 2002, EU regulations outlawing this humble commuter scooter from then on. While spare parts were produced by Piaggio for a few year afterwards – and some still are today – as any Vespa enthusiast knows, the quality of these is not always that good. If … Continue reading New Pinasco Vespa 200 engine
Butcher Garage are in St Petersburg, Russia, and they caught our eye recently with a couple of stunning custom Vespa scooters. First there's Bender, about which Butcher Garage state "at the core of this project is that what remained of the 1966 Vespa 150 Super after a Huey unloaded all of its firepower might on … Continue reading Hot Rod custom Vespas from Russia
