Posted April 2 by onosono

Can anyone help identified this scoot that I may purchase as a restoration project. There are Piaggio stamps on the frame and engine. The front leg shield has a “Vespa 150” sign Frame # VGLB1T *05681*….On the inside of the left rear frame is stamped BA 278577. Engine # VGLA1M *...

Posted March 13 by LaVidaVespa2011

Pros and cons of voluntary simplicity In the last years and especially in the last months I got more and more often the feeling that this more, more, more, higher,faster and bigger is overwhelming me and creates a pressure in me that I do not want to live with any longer. Out there is a big gam...

Posted November 15, 2012 by stevejarvis3

Scam warning to all fellow Scooterists   On 7/11 I saw an advert on `Gumtree` on the internet for an SX200 at £1400! Too good to be true I know, but I was on the lookout for an SX200 for a friend whilst he was on holiday, so worth an email at least. The seller, supposedly inKent, (alth...

Posted November 13, 2012 by ScootsSuitsandBoots1

Our latest blog is a cautionary tale of how I nearly became that "idiot driver who nearly killed an innocent scooteerist"   Last evening I nearly found out just how easy it can be to knock a fellow scooterist off his bike !   I was returning from the post office in my car, after send...

Posted October 4, 2012 by ScootsSuitsandBoots1

Scoots Suits and Boots .com have had a load of support of scooter club members over the last 4 years, so we want to put something back. We are offering scooter club members a 10% discount on all Ben Sherman and Gabicci Vintage shirts, polo shirts and tee-shirts until the end of the month. To take th...

Posted October 3, 2012 by Tommy

Unnecessary instruction. Is it necessary?   I  done my CBT in Dec 2011. And rode a scooter for 4 months. Sold it in may. Bought another in August and rode it on and off until I done my test. This was all the experience I had.     The question I asked over the phone was, &ldq...

Posted September 24, 2012 by lexhaminsurance

The Kymco Downtown 300i   Review by Freelance writer Iggy Granger I’ve been testing scooters for almost a decade professionally and I’ve been riding them for pleasure for over twenty five years. I must admit that I don’t get excited too often these days by new scooters b...

Posted September 11, 2012 by ScootsSuitsandBoots1

With the colder months of the year fast approaching, keeping your hands dry and warm is vitally important. Corazzo's "Winter" Gauntlet glove has all the boxes ticked for the ideal winter riding glove. The list of features of the glove is impressive and the design is Corazzo's own. The Corazzo&...

Posted August 31, 2012 by ScootsSuitsandBoots1

Down through the decades their seems, to me anyway, to be a strong link on the terraces between football fans and certain brands or ways of dressing. Its well documented that football casual culture, has a strong association with blokes who like to take a care in their appearance. But does it go ba...

Posted July 8, 2012 by ScootsSuitsandBoots1

The Northern Soul scene is as vibrant as ever and is hugely popular across a wide age group, both nationally and internationally. So that has had me thinking, I wonder why a scene that first emerged in the early Seventies, and was primarily about records produced in the Sixties is still as popular a...