A week from today on Wednesday 14 August, a group of intrepid scooterists set off from Brighton on the south coast to ride approximately 2250 miles around the the coast of mainland Great Britain on ageing Italian scooters, to raise money for the Alzheimers Society. Our friend David 'Henry' Smith lost his Mum three years … Continue reading Grass Skirts, Button Downs – the ‘before we forget’ scooter tour
The Vespa World Days (VWD) in Pontedera, Italy have just begun! This weekend Vespa clubs from 55 countries will unite thousands of Vespas from around the world. Attendees will have exhibitions, events, shows, a special Vespa parade through the countryside around Pisa, and a visit to the Piaggio museum to celebrate 140 years of Vespa’s … Continue reading Vespa World Days 2024 – is this the largest to date?
With a tradition that goes back many years, the Foresters SC have been attending Remembrance Day events around the East London Borough of Waltham Forest on their scooters. This year was no different, so everyone decided to initially meet up at our current club home at the Horse & Well pub in Woodford on Sunday … Continue reading FSC Remembrance Day 2021
Readers of ScooterNova magazine will no doubt have seen in the latest edition details of our Three Shires Ride event. The reason you've not seen it on the blog here is that within days of edition 25 being published it sold out! So in true Bullseye "Here's what you could have won" style, this is … Continue reading Eager to Ride!
Temporary exemption will enable vital services to continue, frontline workers to get to work, and people to get essential food and medicine. "Vehicle owners will be granted a 6-month exemption from MOT testing, enabling them to continue to travel to work where this absolutely cannot be done from home, or shop for necessities. "All cars, … Continue reading Vehicle owners to be granted MOT exemption in battle against coronavirus
While the scooter-rally season might be over, there's no reason to pack the scooter away until next Easter. Here at ScooterNova magazine we just wrap up a little warmer than did a few months ago! Today my Vespa T5 needed an MOT and with  a receding back tyre it seemed like a sensible opportunity to … Continue reading New MOT, new tyres
