Southern Scoot in Africa

Recently we were fortunate enough to be able to travel to South Africa and to go on two Safari’s. The two Lodges – Hoyo Hoyo in the Kruger national park in South Africa and Muchenje in the Chobe national park in Botswana were just awesome. Most of what you see […]

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Bajaj scooter update 12

Bajaj scooter update 12 Its funny the things you learn as you pull your scooter to pieces and then put it back together again. I am not a vespa expert by any means but have acquired a pretty good knowledge about scooter engines, wiring, exhausts, tyres, forks, wheels, carburetors, stands, […]

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Elsie the Lambretta update 3

Elsie the Lambretta update 3 The lambretta 125LC Was produced in Italy between 1950 and 1951 with a total of 42500 units. With 125 cc it has a Bore/Stroke of 52×58 mm and a carburetor Dellorto MA16. This model has 3 gears and 4.3 horse power, going up to 65-70 km/h […]

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NZ Motoretta Tourist Trophy

Southern Scoot is part of team ARSCRAC and will be riding with a newly rebuilt SS180 motor by Mike at Not a motorcycle shop. The logistics are not too bad for this trip with the scooter already in Mikes workshop in Wellington. Mrs Southern Scoot is going to be involved […]

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Bajaj scooter update 11

Bajaj scooter update 11 So the Bajaj had another stock 150 motor with the “sporty note exhaust system” and just needed rewired…. The newish motor started and went well but needed some more go as carting me around was OK but not very fast and the 8″ wheels at any […]

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1951 Lambretta LC 125

1951 Lambretta LC 125 Was produced in Italy between 1950 and 1951 with a total of 42500 units. With 125 cc it has a Bore/Stroke of 52×58 mm and a carburetor Dellorto MA16. This model has 3 gears and 4.3 horse power, going up to 65-70 km/h with a consumption […]

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Waiheke Scooter Rally

Waiheke Scooter Rally Recently we were lucky enough to attend this event as an addition to a planned family holiday to the north island. Big thanks to Christiaan from Retroscooter who was kind enough to lend me his SS180 for the rally and to put us up for the night […]

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Bajaj scooter update 10

Bajaj scooter update 10 The Bajaj Super was a two-stroke 150 cc motor scooter produced in India by Bajaj Auto between 1976 and 2006. Early models were a licensed reproduction of the Italian-made eight-inch-wheeled Vespa Super. Production continued even after the licence agreement with Vespa expired in 1977. In response, Vespa’s […]

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Mods and Rockers 2014

Mods and Rockers 2014 Rack up another convincing win on Saturday to the MODs in the MAR yet again despite dubious judging and rigged events in the greasy Rockers favour. A barbecue to start off with at the First European motorcycle shop, 114 Carlyle Street in Sydenham and then a […]

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Mrs JC’s Super

Mrs JC’s Super A while ago we brought a Super for her indoors to learn to ride on as Barry AKA the Bajaj and the Black Roughie turned into a bit of a work in progress. Purchased off trade me it looked and turned out to be an “asian import”. […]

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Vespa SS180 update 2

  Vespa SS180 update 2 I’m still running in the SS180 so every chance I get, which isn’t as much as I’d like, I take it out for a spin. It’s got nearly 300kms on it now so only a couple of hundy to go. Whilst riding a couple of […]

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Vespa SS180 update 1

Vespa SS180 update 1 I finally got most of the SS180 sorted out. There’s been a few changes made to it since purchasing it last year and I was going to run it in the Mille Miglia but had to change to the PX200 at the last minute. Most of […]

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Mods and Rockers 2014

Mods and Rockers 2014 The mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the early to mid-1960s and 1970s. Media coverage of mods and rockers fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youths, and the two groups became labelled as folk devils. Direct from the horse’s […]

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Mille Miglia 2014 – Done

Mille Miglia 2014 Well it’s been a couple of weeks since the Mille Miglia Scooter Challenge and the memories are still very good of the whole experience. Since then, due to a copyright infringement, the organisers have had to rename the event. From next year the event will be known […]

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2014 Events

Mille Miglia 2014 The Mille Miglia (Italian meaning – Thousand Miles) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947). Mille Miglia is also the name of a jacket, named after the race, inspired by the […]

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