18 August 2008The scooter scene is truly a unique one in the people it attracts, the scooters we ride and the places we visit. Featuring heavily are the classic Italian marques of Lambretta and Vespa, on their own a beautiful example of automotive design, but in the hands of a creative scooter enthusiast they are an inspirational blank canvas.
The Art of Scootering If you thought that attaching chromed spotlights and mirrors in a Mod style was the only form of scooter customisation, or that TV shows such as American chopper were some sort of new innovation, then think again! Among the 132 pages in The Art of Scooters you will find over 140 custom scooters from around the UK as well as Europe that will take your breath away. Looking at the scooter scene from the 1950s to the present day The Art of Scooters will open your eyes to the world of intricately engraved and gold plated engines, radical scooter engineering and some award winning artwork that will blow your mind.
Drawing heavily on the colour archives of Scootering magazine each page brings you a new work of art from the world of scootering, from radical chops to engine transplants, accessorised Mod style scooters to fully muralled Lambrettas, classic P-range Vespas and many more. The inspiration for these machines is just as vast; music, conflict, fantasy art of the scooter lifestyle, these and more are all represented and great examples of why many in the world of customised two-wheelers admire these little scooters so much. And after reading this names such as Spirit Walker, Wake, Headhunter, DTC, Alien, Sonic Dream and Future Shock amongst many others will not only be familiar to you, but also the inspiration to customise your own scooter.
The Art of Scooters is written by the editor of Scootering Magazine, Andy Gillard, who himself has been riding scooters around the UK and Europe since the mid-1980s.
