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Syds Run 2024 An annual moped-scooter-stepthru-clipon run since 1995. Initially it was a pedal powered moped run, held on the closest Saturday to November 24 remembering Syd Falconer. He ran the event for nearly 20 years and after he passed away, his son Keith continued to run it for several […]
Read moreCanscoot Show Weekend ride 2024 Another enjoyable scooter trip, around some awesome scenery in the South Island and a good catch up with other scooter enthusiasts. The plan was to meet the Canscoot mob and stay overnight in Twizel. Trojan, my trusty blue PX, was up for the job […]
Read moreItaly Vespa tour 2024 Recently we were lucky enough to travel to Italy and meet up with Canscoot, a Christchurch based scooter club. This trip had been planned for some time and a lot of thought and effort had gone into making it an adventure not to forget. We were […]
Read moreBurt Munro 2024 – Another Burt Munro challenge complete. There was a fair bit of interest in the NZ scooter community for this year’s event and a few north island riders had indicated that they may be keen to get out on the track at Teretonga. The usual social […]
Read moreBurt Munro The best motor racing event in New Zealand. 8th – 12th February https://www.burtmunrochallenge.co.nz/home Italy Vespa tour 2024 Touring Italy on Vespa scooters. Italy Vespa tour 2024 – Southern Scoot Canscoot Show Weekend ride 15 – 17th November The team from Christchurch are coming south for […]
Read more1962 Sportique update 2 Most of my scooters have 10″wheels and have been modified in some way for suspension or engine upgrades. I have ridden 8″ scooters before but never spent a lot of time riding them and until now tended to stick to bigger wheels with better tyres and […]
Read more1962 Sportique update 1 The work continues on this scooter with the engine nearly complete and ready to start. The Sportique was a Douglas scooter produced in England and sold very well here in New Zealand. The Italian equivalent was the VBB1 and VBB2 models. The original 150 engine was […]
Read more1962 Sportique This scooter has spent some time outside and is almost at the point of no return. It mainly has surface rust but water damage has found its way into the frame and various components of the scooter. It didn’t run when I got it and the previous owner […]
Read more1958 Douglas 92L2 update 6 A lot has changed with this scooter over the years and I think it’s really at a stage where it will stay but you never know, as new or hard to find parts, become available. I had originally toyed with the idea of turning this […]
Read moreVespa PK100 update 3 The little PK smallframe has been a battle at times but I’m getting to like it for what it is. As is always the case, I’ve ended up spending more than the scooter is worth but it has been good to use parts from manufacturers that […]
Read moreVespa PK100 update 2 The PK came with a standard fork and front drum brake. These forks are reasonably sought after as they can fit into a lot of vespa frames without too much modification and you can add a disc brake assembly from a PX or an aftermarket Crimaz […]
Read moreVespa PK100 update 1 The PK was always going to be a project and become a good smallframe learning platform. While I have had 2 smallframes over the years, I hadn’t worked on them much and didn’t know a lot about them, other than general maintenance that applies to most […]
Read moreI recently acquired this Vespa PK100 S in a TM auction. The seller had purchased it from the previous owner who had supplied the following information with it: Vespacross PK130s dirt scoot A little different to your normal vespa. I built this thing for racing small bikes where they shouldnt […]
Read moreCanscoot March Hare 2023 Another great ride up through Central Otago to meet up with the Canscoot brigade and then to Dunedin to see the OVC ones. Friday Warm, not much wind and a 200km ride to Alexandra to collect Phillip on his Vespa PX200. Both of the PX200’s are […]
Read moreBurt Munro 2023 The event, started badly with a washout for us on the Wednesday for the Southland Honda track day. The track was very wet and it was blowing – not a good combination for 10″ wheeled, vintage scooters with crappy brakes. For the first time, there were supposed […]
Read moreBurt Munro The best motor racing event in New Zealand. 8th – 12th February https://www.burtmunrochallenge.co.nz/home Canscoot March Hare run 3rd March – 5th March The team from Christchurch are coming south for a scooter shindig. http://www.canscoot.co.nz/ Syds Moped Run An annual moped-scooter-stepthru-clipon run since 1995. Held on the […]
Read more81 LML 150 originally came from Dunedin. It didn’t run but the rego was on hold and it was a good price. It had a PX engine in it and some aftermarket performance parts. The frame was in good condition and had good tyres and shocks. The engine […]
Read moreCurling at Naseby Naseby is a small town, formerly a borough, in the Maniototo area of Central Otago, New Zealand. It is named after a village in Northamptonshire, England. Canscoot were organising a ride down the west coast and had put forward a Curling challenge for interested scooter riders. This […]
Read moreMad as a March Hare Canscoot Run Saturday 5th of March The Canscoot crew is coming south for curling in Naseby at the indoor curling rink. www.canscoot.co.nz
Read moreHaving lived in Southland most of my life, I had never heard of this and looked it up online. Run by the Clutha Valley Tuapeka Heritage Trust this service has been going since 1896. Some 25 punts used to operate on the Clutha River but now there is only the […]
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