Letter from the Editor
A warm welcome to the October issue of Scootering.
With the Isle of Wight now behind us, the feeling that the season’s National rallies are coming to a close is slowly setting in, but thankfully we still have the big blowout at Brid to look forward to. Brid has always been my personal favourite National rally, and prior to my tenure at Scootering, the custom show on the Saturday was THE show our garage wanted to have its scooters enter when we had either worked on or solely produced a noteworthy custom.
As editor, the anticipation of seeing a new and exciting custom scooter is even greater. Although we work closely with the well-known and respected sprayers and airbrush artists, to get advance notice of what’s coming soon, I still quietly hope to see a completely new entrant, or unknown private individual come up with something new, not using the usual ideas or techniques… and to present us with an innovative machine which really stands out. Such scooters are the rare items, but if there is a show I expect to see them revealed at…its Brid. So as I go quietly about my business at this year’s custom show, I shall have a keen eye out for that special something, a scooter which hopefully hasn’t ‘spoiled its entrance’ by being splashed all over social media beforehand. But we’ll see.
But before we get to Brid, this edition of Scootering should serve as your fix, our rally reports (IoW, Great Yarmouth, Oddballs, Run to the Severn, Animals Fae Naboombu and more) have all got entertaining tales and gorgeous machines to ogle at. Our feature scooters don’t disappoint either, with the Mighty Misano Monza, and the Chiselspeed engineered LC engine propelling the ‘This Is The Life’ Quattrini Vespa, the understated simplicity of Ghost, and my personal favourite… small frame, big heart, Suzuki Gamma powered Vespa. Oosh! We also present a stunning, image-led, article on lens man Tony Briggs. His images of Liam Gallagher, Ocean Colour Scene and Seaburn Mods are a treat. There’s a tonne more inside, I’ll let you discover that for yourself. Anyway enough of my ramblings, it’s another belter this month – enjoy the issue.