Swedish Scooter Run, August 2026
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In 2021, the‘Burnin’ Aces’organised the Swedish Scooter Run, and it rained cats and dogs non-stop in Ströndal. Afterwards, the event was given the name ‘Wettlanda’. We wanted a rematch! So we set about organising the SSR 2026. When the Swedish Scooter Club (SSK) asked us if we’d like to host the event, we agreed straight away.
We started thinking about a venue. We all agreed that we needed a place where we wouldn’t have to sort out the logistics ourselves – such as catering and tidying up – as there were only eight of us organising the event. We contacted ‘Ädelfors Hotell och Konferens’ and quickly felt: ‘This is the right place.’ The dates were set, and the invitations were sent out.
From planning to launch
Planning was in full swing. What would the ride be like? Could we book a DJ and a band? What should we put in the goodie bags? And the most important question: what should the Sticker look like?
We saw the planning meetings as an excuse to get together even outside the motorcycling season. We booked the band and the DJ, designed the Sticker and tested the planned route at the season opener. There was one thing, however, that we didn’t discuss at all: the weather.
Registrations came in, and the registration deadline fell in the middle of summer. By then, 80 people had signed up for the event.
On Friday 21 August at 3.00 pm, check-in began for the event we’d been planning for months. Many scooter riders could hardly wait to set off and arrived right on time for the opening. A steady stream of people arrived, checked in and collected their goodie bags. It’s fantastic to see scooter friends again whom you haven’t seen for a year. Micke from Ädelfors Hotell och Konferens had made sure there was coffee and cinnamon buns available at check-in – a huge success!
At 5.00 pm, it was time for Friday’s ride. Around 25 people hopped on their scooters and covered the more than 60 kilometres ahead of them – on fantastic, winding and hilly roads.
Dinner, a taco buffet, was served at 6.30 pm. After the meal, Olof, Mamba and Roger took turns at the DJ desk, and the dining room was transformed into a dance floor.
Winding roads, Bullerbyn and Småland’s countryside
As evening turned to morning, Tobbe Sturhe hosted a music quiz at 8.00 am over breakfast. Afterwards, Peter Hjalmarsson and Mats Sixtensson gave a brief overview of the plan for the day’s ride. The instructions were simple: two groups of 40 scooters each.
The first group set off at 9.30 am, followed by the second group about 10 minutes later. The ride began on narrow, winding roads with plenty of tricky bends. After about an hour, we reached our coffee stop at Lake Mycklaflon, where we were treated to homemade cinnamon buns, toffee biscuits and coffee. After our break, we set off again, with an hour’s ride ahead of us to reach Vimmerby for lunch. On the way, we passed several famous locations from Astrid Lindgren’s stories. Once we arrived in Vimmerby, we had lunch on our own before meeting up again an hour and a half later.
We had lunch, refuelled the scooters and then set off for home. The roads were slippery and winding, with significant changes in elevation. We rode straight through ‘Bullerbyn’; with over 90 scooters passing through, there was quite a racket. The route took us through dark forests and across open fields, as well as along hillsides. We wanted to showcase Småland’s diverse natural landscape – and I dare say we succeeded.
We completed the entire journey without a single drop of rain. When the sun came out on the way back, I think we all thought: ‘That’s really brilliant.’
Slow Race, live music and a farewell
Back at the Ädelfors Hotel and Conference Centre, everyone was getting ready for the ‘Slow Race’. But before it began, Michaele from Lund unloaded mountains of spare scooter parts for people to buy. “Has he brought his whole shop with him?” I heard someone ask. The person in question could hardly believe it when I told them that these were his personal parts and not stock from his business.
Once the shopping was over, the ‘Slow Race’ began. The aim was to ride as slowly as possible between two white lines. Afterwards, the participants had to throw two dice attached to a string to each other, so that the string wound round a pole. Points were awarded depending on where the dice landed.
Participants and organisers alike took the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine until it was time for dinner at 7.00 pm. We were treated to an Italian buffet, complete with panna cotta for dessert. Tobbe announced the four teams that had achieved full marks in the music quiz that morning. This was followed by a series of tie-breaker questions until a single winning team was decided! Fredrik Carlowitz was crowned the winner of the slow race.
The organising team took the opportunity to thank all participants for taking part – after all, it’s the guests who make the party! Carl Welin (Deputy Chairman of the SSK) expressed his thanks on behalf of the SSK before handing the microphone over to the club presidents – Jenny Rudheim Nordh (Lambretta Club Sweden), Göran Nordh (Lambretta Club Stockholm), Olof Fransson (Lambretta Club Malmö) and Peter Sundfeldt (Lambretta Club Gothenburg) – who all extended an invitation to the SSR2027 at the ‘Tyrolen’ in Blädinge.
Mamba provided background music before the band ‘Step Up’ put on a fantastic performance. The band played a rousing set, and once they’d finished, our excellent DJs – Olof, Mamba and Roger – took over the mixing desk for the rest of the evening.
Sunday was all about breakfast and farewell hugs. The last participants set off for home at 11.30 am, bringing this year’s SSR to a close. We organisers patted each other on the back for a job well done; all the planning and time invested had led to a fantastic result. Even the weather was on our side this time.
Once again, many thanks to everyone who took part, and a special thank you goes to Step Up for their performance; to Olof, Mamba and Roger for the music; to Henkan for the speakers and the kilometres of wires; to Tobbe for the music quiz; and a huge thank you to Micke from Ädelfors Hotell och Konferens.
And for anyone who missed this year’s SSR in the Vetlanda area – who knows, maybe we’ll organise another party in a year or two!
A huge thank you to our sponsors who made the meet-up possible:
SIP Scootershop, Scooter Centre and Svenska Scooterklubben
