Zen & the art of 125cc scooter maintenance

Getting ready for the onslaught of winter, I thought I should buy myself a book on scooter care. There are not that many books about. As I have had no luck in getting any answers about a service manual from the SYM importer (are you deaf motogb?) this little book from the RAC wil have [...]

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A Lesson Learnt?

Obviously not, as I have now gone ahead and dumped my car in favour of a scooter. So please be careful when you end up crawling behind a black Peugeot scooter in Milton Keynes, white mane flowing in the wind. It could be me, and I’d be ever so grateful if you’d give me time [...]

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A Very Close Shave Indeed

After a traumatic few days, I have stopped shaking enough to post. Our eldest did indeed have a close shave on his scooter this earlier this week. He was waiting at a roundabout for a gap in the traffic, when suddenly there was a bang and he was flying backwards through the air. A car [...]

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Peanut Duck Scooter Meet 2008

Little did I know when I wrote a post last year about a lovely scooter I had seen in MK, that my eldest would catch the scooter bug. He has a modern Peugeot scooter but hankers after something more classic. He has been looking for a Vespa or Lambretta type scooter, but has been totally [...]

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A Matter Of Luck

I was watching something on the TV the other night which tried to show that beyond a certain age, men were far more likely to be pessimistic than women: more men saw the glass as half empty. I think the same can be said for luck. My other half is an pessimistic optimist, he always [...]

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This Is The MODern World!

 Occasionally, when I’m out and about I see things that just make me smile. Today I was our local Halfords sorting out a bike for my youngest when I came out I spotted this lovely scooter in the car park. I couldn’t resist taking a closer look as I remember having loads of mod scooters [...]

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