Classic Scene-Blog Vespa & Lambretta

The market for Vespa scooters is big and varied. The huge number of designs and technical differences mean that it isn’t always easy to keep track of everything. That is why we are shedding some lig… Read more

Scootering remains the world's number one scooter magazine since its launch over 35 years ago! The best customised and restored scoots are showcased in glorious detail with owner interviews, tech spec… Read more

Piaggio, a company specializing in the production of aircraft, found itself bombed after the war and without a future. Something had to change. Thanks to the genius of the owner, Enrico Piaggio (1905-… Read more

The famous "Museo Piaggio" is of course just as affected by the restrictions due to the worldwide pandemic at the moment as many other museums, theatres, stages and galleries. But anyone who wants to … Read more

IN THE SUMMER OF 1989, A STORY ABOUT THE SCOOTERBOY MOVEMENT APPEARED IN STERN MAGAZINE. THE REPORT IS AN EXCELLENT CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENT, SEE FOR YOURSELF: Read more

finally they are available: the SIP tubeless rims for Lambretta in 2.50-10 (besides the already known 2.10-10 sizes). Rim Tubeless Wide Tyre SIP for Lambretta 125 LI/Special/GP/DL/150 LI/Special/SX/G… Read more

Giancarlo Gori's first encounter with scooters was in 1958, when he and his father Vasco ran a workshop on Lungarno Cellini in Florence. Together they tinkered with a Lambretta 175TV and soon realised… Read more

The SIP Tour has become a tradition, a highlight in the SIP team's calendar that everyone looks forward to. Every year, a new route is worked out, new destinations discovered and the most beautiful ro… Read more

The SIP tachometers / speedometers have revolutionised the speedometer market since their first appearance back in 2010. Features that were previously only possible with many additional instruments ha… Read more

The SIP-BFA 306cc Kit at present is the most powerful engine money can buy. At least it is if its traditional geared scooters are concerned. We’ve proved that, and that this by no means is the end o… Read more

Between 2015 and 2019 the “Vespa Parade Paris” grew from 50 to 300 Vespas. A great increase for an event that is now eagerly anticipated by everyone. It is organised every year by Vespa France and… Read more

Meeting point, as always, was the Check-in in Zell am See. As it happened we got there a bit late. But then it had felt as if, on the road up from the Allgäu, every owner of a tractor had thought it … Read more

2020 hasn’t exactly been the best year for Vespa and Lambretta events. Everything, including the race series for geared scooter has been affected by Corona. The DBM Sprint racing has been cancelled … Read more

To truly enjoy any great masterpiece, it needs to be experienced with all five senses. This is especially true of our beloved vintage Italian scooters. The smell, the soundtrack of the diva delivering… Read more

Every year SIP Scootershop organizes a so-called Joyride: usually well over 100 Vespa fans meet at the scooter spare parts specialist in Landsberg am Lech, Germany and then ride together around the Am… Read more