Welcome letter from the Editor

A warm welcome to the January issue of Scootering.

Okay, so last month I did say that I was looking forward to winter because of a bunch of new scooter projects being on the horizon… but I was clearly high on two-stroke fumes, and the prospect of shiny stuff arriving. But reality has kicked in, now it’s cold, dark, and damp outside. The last week has also been a proper ‘pea-souper’ round here, terrible visibility due to mist and fog, which sucks. So I apologise for being overly enthusiastic about my winter projects, and getting detached from reality in terms of shite riding conditions… the ones which make my arse twitch every time I tip the Vespa into a bend and can see that horrible ‘greasy-sheen’ on the road. No I don’t mean Charlie Sheen, I mean that greasy film of tyre rubber and moist dew on the road which is the stuff of nightmares in my opinion.

I also neglected to get electricity installed in my new ‘man shed’ in time, and am now paying the price due to being held up a tad on my street-sleeper project, but you can read about that inside this issue. Pissing and moaning aside, the magazine has been a treat to put together this month… all Stan’s findings over in Vietnam have started rolling in. They make for quite the read and will be rolled out over the next couple of editions. As promised, Stu Owen has delivered part 1 of ‘Kev’s Chronicles’ as we embark on our tribute to Kev Walsh over the coming editions. We also have the latest newsfeed from the EICMA trade show in Milan, a plethora of stunning feature scooters, and an abundance of inspiring scooter stories from around the world (my favourite being Crazy 88 SC tour from Delhi to Taj). Anyway that’s enough of my ramblings, it’s another belter this month… enjoy the issue. Oh, and have a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a great year of scootering in 2019!