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Bye bye 2022, hello 2023!

What a great year!!
As the year closes, we take a look at 2022, a very important year for sc as we celebrate our 30th anniversary with you.

Events

and here a look at  all events of the yearthat we have participated in, starting with our custom show. We never tire of seeing photos and videos and remembering the beautiful moments we had with you guys.

but also events where we saw the new scooters at Eicma, events where we shared the joy of the “moped” scene and ride outs in fantastic places…

 

Scooterist Weekender Cologne

EICMA 2022

Ausburg Custom Show

Moped festival 2022

Munich Vespa Club

Munich ride out

Colombian scene

New Products

If they're not new products, they're evolutions of existing products, but bgm always surprises us with new things

Horn cover VIGANO NOS

Choke lever bgm for Vespa Smallframe 

High quality crankshaft for the Motovespa GT160 engines

HT parts for automatics

Main stand bgm Soft Stop V2 system

Exhaust bgm BBT V2

clutch cover bgm 

roller sack 

Polini Original banana 2022 

Brake caliper mount bgm 

Swing arm bearing axle brake pad bolt Vespa Largefram Wideframe BGM4311 BGM4310

Fork/ swing arm revision bgm 

technique

Our technicians are always guided by their insatiable curiosity and vast knowledge.

Alex build a Quattrini 252cc

YSN PHBH 30 given Dellorto PHBH 30 in the test

Compare headlights 

News

closed factories, dream collections and collaborating and supporting a great scene

SILFactory

Rovin Davy and Maryza

Robin Davy

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To an exciting 2023 together!
Your Scooter Center Team

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3rd round of the EST Championship 2022 at the Harz-Ring

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The racing series was a guest from July 02-03.07.2022, XNUMX European Scooter Trophy and European Pit Bike Trophy at the Harz Ring. The third run was about significantly influencing the previous championship standings with a view to the second half of the 2022 season. The starting fields were also well filled at the Harz Ring and the conditions for an exciting weekend were perfect.

Race Class 1 - Rookies by Scooter-Attack

With 30 starters the most crowded class from the start. Hüskes was able to win the start ahead of Winterscheidt. Hermann had to give up pole from qualifying and found himself in 4th place. Buschsieweke worked his way up to 3rd place in round 2. Hermann kept getting passed and couldn't keep up with the speed from qualifying. The trio of Hüskes, Winterscheidt and Buschsieweke pulled away from the rest of the field. Hüskes could not tear himself away from the field of pursuers. Buschsieweke and Winterscheidt fought fair and hard. Buschsieweke was almost over. Winterscheidt cleverly closed it. Due to the early lapping, Buschsieweke had to slightly give up his attacking position. Still, he stuck with it. For this, Winterscheidt increasingly approached Hüskes. In the end, what Winterscheidt wanted was too much. He fell. Buschsieweke should also fall victim to being lapped again. When trying to lap in the infield, he was unfortunately forced to fall because the person to be overtaken drove into his lane. In the end, Hüskes won easily because he kept his cool. Buschsieweke came in second. In third place came Ebeling, who benefited from the falls of the other riders.

Mess at the start of the second race. Various participants did not arrive in time for the start time and had to clear the field from behind. Hüskes also won the start by far in the second race. Winterscheidt on two. Buschsieweke on three. Quite early on, Buschsieweke was caught by Ebeling, who took third place. Ebeling put more and more pressure on Winterscheidt and reduced the gap between the two opponents. From lap 8, Winterscheidt was able to maximize the lead again. At the top nothing seemed to be burning for Hüskes. He just had to lap safely. And he did, securing his second win in the second race. He was followed by Ebeling in front of Winterscheid. 

Daily ranking 3st run Harz-Ring 2022 Class 1 Rookies by Scooter-Attack:

  1. #47 Sascha Hüskes 50 pts.
  2. #265 Patrick Ebeling 32 pts.
  3. #120 Andre Buschsieweke 31 pts.

Race Class 2 - SuperSport by Deutscher Bauservice

The start winner in the first race was Apostel. Triebs found himself in third behind Diabelez. Triebs didn't want to settle for that, however, and went into attack mode. With success he was able to work his way up to second place behind Laugesen. Laugesen was significantly faster from lap 4 and was able to overtake Triebs. This opened the attack on Apostle. Shortly before exiting the pits, Laugesen was able to pass inside with a great driving maneuver and excess speed. Laugesen quickly built up distance to Apostel and Triebs. Triebs noticed that there was still something going on against Apostel and gradually fought his way into an attacking position. In the S, Triebs showed courage and nibbled apostles. So the first race was set. Laugesen wins ahead of Triebs and Apostel

At the start of the second race Triebs took the lead in the field. Laugesen was close behind him at the rim. Laugesen had a bit more speed and it looked like it was just a game for time until he overtook Triebs. In the meantime, Apostel had to retire due to a technical defect. Third place was hotly contested: Merla, Diabelez and Larsen fought doggedly and scored important points. First Depta had the edge, but was then conceded by Larsen. Diabelez was also able to slow down Depta after the start and finish. Triebs held off Laugesen lap after lap. It looked best for him at start-finish. In the end, the magic meter was missing. Absolute top performance of both pilots. On the penultimate lap, Laugesen was able to take the decisive trick and brake Triebs fairly on the inside of the curve. Triebs then under-braked a bit and Laugesen had the win in their pockets. Still, a great performance from both drivers. Third place went to Diabelez, who in the meantime also grabbed Larsen.

Daily ranking 3st run Harz-Ring 2022 class 2 SuperSport:

  1. #74 Jeppe Laugesen 50 pts.
  2. #313 Marcel Triebs 40 pts.
  3. #167 Niklas Diabelz 29 pts.

Race class 3 - Expert by Scooter-Attack

Dream start from the master of expert Andersen. He went straight to the front and dominated the field. Rapid didn't have a chance to stay tuned. He had to deal directly with Kovac, who wanted more than 3rd place. Schnell drove a good race and fought hard against an increasingly faster Kovac. Both drivers had to take a lot of risks. In the penultimate lap we went on to the wild fight for position. Kovac clawed fast. He immediately counterattacked and did it very well and was able to secure second place in the last lap.

In the second race, Andersen also started better than the entire field. Kovac was able to grab second place. He tried to keep up with Andersen. Behind was Schnell in front of Schmitt. Unfortunately, Kovac had to retire early with a technical problem, so there was no longer any serious danger for Andersen at the top. Although Schnell gave everything he had, but he could no longer become dangerous to him. Third place in the second race goes to Schmitt.

Daily ranking 3st run Harz-Ring 2022 class 3 - Expert by Scooter-Attack

  1. #335 Stefan Andersen 50pts
  2. #19 Dustin Swift 40pts
  3. #111 Andreas Lukas 26 pts.

Race class 4: Supramatic

In class 4 there was little competition at the start. Zehe won the first race ahead of Gronow. Both opponents forego a start in the second run.

Daily classification 3rd run Harz-Ring 2022 Class 4 - Supramatic

  1. #335 Stefan Andersen 50pts
  2. #19 Dustin Swift 40pts
  3. #111 Andreas Lukas 26 pts.

Race Class 5 Pitbike Stock by Scooter-Attack

In the pit bikes, Schweizer pulled away from the start. The driver, who is also leading in the championship, was able to distinguish himself repeatedly with very good speed and a great performance. Wittwer gave everything in second place. But Schweitzer's machine went off like lightning. Nevertheless, Wittwer fought to keep the gap from increasing. Rademacher and Wolf fought for third place. He had engine problems for a short time and therefore had to restart his vehicle and lost a lot of time in order to still be able to take part in the fight for third place. Rademacher was all the happier about third place.

In the second PitBike race, Schweizer took the lead again after the start. Wittwer and Fritzsch behind in pursuit of points. Schweizer drove his own race, completely safe. Wittwer only had to keep up the pace to survive against Fritzsch. Wolf and Rademacher took fourth place. The chasing field around Jostkleigrewe, Nabbefeld, Zanker and Hartmann offered exciting two or four battles. However, Jostkleigrewe had to retire due to a technical defect after successfully asserting himself in the field. In the end, Schweizer remained in the usual position ahead of Wittwer and Fritzsch.

Daily ranking 3st run Harz-Ring 2022 class 5 - Pitbike Stock

  1. #54 Julian Schweizer 50 pts.
  2. #112 Jonas Wittwer 40 pts.
  3. #217 Nikita Radermacher 27 pts.

Race class 6 - GP-Open

The absolute top driver in terms of driving style and lap times comes from Spain this weekend. Bartheld started as a guest starter in the GP Open and outclassed the entire field. The driving style is an absolute feast for the eyes. And so it was not surprising that Bartheld led the K6. Grass was second, followed by Krzyszto. Bartheld drove the victory confidently to the finish in front of grass. Krzystzto came in third.

The second race began just as the first ended. At least for Bartheld at the top. This shot again over the circuit of the Harz and gave the pursuers Gras and Schweizer little chance. Gras had to fight a lot harder in the second race against an equally strong Swiss, who was aiming for second place. Schweizer tried several times after the start and finish to pass with excess speed. Grass always closed cleverly. In the end it stayed in order. Bartheld won ahead of Gras and Schweizer

Daily ranking 3st run Harz-Ring 2022 class 6 - GP Open

  1. #13 Allesandro Bartheld 50 pts.
  2. #222 Henning Grass 40 pts.
  3. #86 Florian Schweitzer 29 pts.

Race Class 7 - Beginner

Gaidecka at the front set himself apart from the rest of the field. Weiland on two still had the best chances. But behind them was a great three-way battle between Kruger on the PitBike and Kalms and Wojciechowski. Little Kruger fought great on the pit bike and got the upper hand on the scooters. Wojciechowski was able to pass Kalm halfway through the race. In the end, Gaidecka won safely ahead of Weiland and Kruger.

Daily classification 3rd run Harz-Ring 2022 class 7 - beginner

  1. #268 Michael Gaidecka 25 pts.
  2. #333 Tilo Weiland 20 pts.
  3. # 132 Jonas Kruger 16 pts

Race Class 8 & 9 - Endurance & Endurance Split

A total of 18 teams registered for the three-hour long distance. It was a great race with many exciting lap battles. The top field Xpear, Racefoxx, hairdressers by AKA, Streetlights and AK Racing RND were all close together within two laps until the halfway point in the race. As the game progressed, XPear got stronger and was able to get a safe lead for all eventualities. The RACEFOXX team achieved a very good second place. It was much more exciting in the Endurance class, the first three teams were very close together and only one stop would have produced a different decision. The winning team came from Barbers by AKA Racing.

Daily classification 3rd run Harz-Ring 2022 Class 8 - Endurance

  1. #262 Barbers by AKA Racing 177 laps
  2. #196 Streetlights RD Lukas RT 175 laps
  3. #233 AK Racing RND Racing 175 laps

Daily classification 3rd run Harz-Ring 2022 Class 9 - Endurance

  1. #86 XPearFactory 180 laps
  2. #217 RACEFOXX Pitbike Endurance 176 laps
  3. #888 Team Bumblebee 159 laps

All race results as well as the championship standings are below https://www.europeanscootertrophy.de/ergebnisse/ accessible.

Winners

ViSdP

Andre Black

(1st chairman EST eV)

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Scooterist Weekender Cologne 2022 – small custom scooter teaser!

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From September 2nd to 3rd, 2022 there will be our big weekender in Cologne. The full program and registration options for your scooter can be found at www.scootershow.de.

Here in the blog there is a small intermediate status about the scooters that have registered and have already been presented in our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/612754869849458.
Stay tuned! 

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Bye Bye 2021 - Hello 2022

Bye Bye 2021 - Hello 2022

Another year marked by the Corona Ups and Downs is drawing to a close and we say thank you! Thank you for your loyalty, your support and for sharing our common hobby! An exciting year is over and we are looking forward to 2022!

Our 2022th company anniversary is coming up in 30 and will be celebrated at the Scooterist Weekender Cologne on the first weekend in September.

That will be a lot of fun with the big International Customshow on Saturday, September 3rd in V8 hangar at Motorworld Cologne. The DJ requests for Friday and Saturday evenings are out and the first confirmations have arrived. It looks similar for the Customshow, and that could be a pretty nice line-up and an official weekender. Stay tuned!

You can find the event on Facebook here

Scooterists Weekender Cologne 2022

 

In time for the 2021 season, Maryzabel finished her Platonika project, brought it to the streets and tüvt. Actually, Maryzabel wanted to report as a mad reporter from the scooter scene and from the meetings, which was unfortunately only possible to a limited extent due to the pandemic.

 

We were still able to head for some event highlights and so the SC team, with the support of good friends, visited other good friends at the Vespa Alp Days.

 

After the Alp Days we were finally able to open the gates of the SC again for our Open Day after a year of abstinence. And that was a celebration with visitors from Italy (special thanks & greetings to Super Lui Sylvia & Tom) via Austria (here to Tamara & the Po) to our local regions. The day was amazing! Dream weather, a great atmosphere and finally we could all meet again!

 

 

 

Was a very special guest Markus Andre Mayer! The mastermind behind the Vespa Gentleman Giro - the Vespa tour for children with cancer!

With his tireless efforts in 2021 he was able to collect a donation of € 4.865 for a good cause over 45.000 km in five countries. We are really happy that we were able to help and have rounded up the entire income from our gastronomy on the Open Day to 5.000 euros and donated it.


 

 

Even after the terrible flood disaster in July 2021, we made donations right on our doorstep. While the world has literally come to an end around Cologne, we have been spared minor damage such as full cellars and flooded streets. The decision was quickly made that we wanted to do something and we technically revised a completely original Vespa Primavera 125 ET3 and then auctioned it on ebay for the benefit of the flood victims.

 

 

We also supported one or two motorsport events: We’re back at the Nürburgring and we’re at it Dortmunder Motor Sportclub eV got in and organized the with our friend, a (now EX-) SC employee from the very beginning Scooter Center Cup. This is the racing class for scooters on the legendary Nürburgring.

You can find the event on Facebook here

 

 

The technology was of course not neglected in your SC news blog this year and here are some highlights: Vespa GTS with a full 500 ccm displacement, what's up with Quattrini M244 / 252, S&S Newline under the microscope.Quattrini Vespa Motor - All Parts

Every month there is a colorful hodgepodge of cool things - the motto here is "nothing must, everything can!"

 

 

To an exciting 2022 together!

Your Scooter Center Team

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Vespa Alp Days 2021 Part 2 - arrival, exits and attractions

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This is how we experienced the Vespa AlpDays 2021 in Zell am See

Scooter Center at the Vespa Alp Days 2021 in Zell am See

Thursday - Day 1 - The start (800km / 160km)

After the 'Vorbereitungen im Scooter Center, it could finally start now. the Vespa Alp Days start much earlier, but the main days are Friday and Saturday. Many people combine this scooter meeting in the Alps with a vacation and book special trips into the mountains. We arrive on Thursday so that we can be fully there on Friday and Saturday:

After the early start in Cologne, there was for that Scooter Center Team, after about 650km, a stopover at my place in Munich. Strengthened by a good snack, Maryzabel's Platonika and MotoVespa were freed from the vans by Alex.
On the scooters we drove over fine country roads and over the legendary Sudelfeld and the Tatzelwurm in dream weather. At Kufstein we cross the Inn and come across the border to Austria. We continue past the Walchsee, through the valleys via Saalfelden / Leogang to Zell am See!

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In the meantime, Marc and Marcus drove the vans to Zell am See as quickly as possible. We were amazed. not bad when the booth was already set up when we arrived!
We welcome friends and old acquaintances from near and far. As a team, we quickly take care of the rest of the little things at the stand. This is followed by a convivial team evening with good food in Zell am See.

You notice: our weekend started off really well! But it should get even better:

 

 

Friday - day 2 - Kitzbühler Horn (120km)

We have decided to keep the stand closed in the mornings. During this time all Vespisti (we were very happy to see three Lambrettas) are on the rides and we want to meet friends and customers there in action.

 

 

After a great breakfast, the scooters were filled up first. In bright sunshine we drove together to Areit, the meeting point for today's trip to Kitzbühel Horn.

Madness: a huge parking lot full of around 700 Vespa scooters, Year of construction from the beginning of the 50s until today - what a wonderful spectacle!

In 8 groups with a maximum of 100 scooters, it was then leisurely on country roads and narrow paths up to the Kitzbühler Horn. For some, the route was pure driving pleasure, others worked up a sweat. I've also seen riders turn into runners and push their scooters up the extremely steep passages.

 

TIPP: Did you already know the height correction for the carburetor pans or air filter boxes?

This little one Rubber stopper If the engine is running too rich, it is removed on the mountain, at a height. With this additional air supply, the carburetor can draw in more air and because of the leaner air at altitude it no longer runs as richly.
Caution: You must definitely start again in the valley, otherwise the Vespa is too lean here!

 

Example Largeframe:

Example Smallframe:

 

 

The wonderful mountain panorama quickly forgot the hardships for man and machine. On the descent I was happy about my bgm PRO chassis and the new brake pads on my 1962 Vespa T4. from Augsburg.

 

 

Other drivers who were on the road with a Vespa GTS today told me about overheating and failing brakes due to the lack of engine brakes on the automatic engine. So it was with us on Scooter Center There was also interest in ours Test winner suspension from bgm PRO and Vespa GTS brakes from Frank and Porco Nero very large.

 

 

So in the early afternoon we opened our stand and were able to welcome and advise a large number of nice scooter drivers. Many also tried our raffle, and in the end there was a winner who wasn't that far from the correct result. But we can't reveal that at this point, because we want to play the game again with a similar number of nuts in the future. For example next weekend on Scooter Center Open Day with us in Bergheim-Glessen, at the gates of Cologne.

 

 

Saturday - day 3 - Großglockner (80km)

Today we had to get up early. The day was packed with attractions and starts with Goosebumpst pure:

130 Vespa tubular handlebars and Faro Basso “lamp below” Vespa models from the early 50s line up for the Grossglockner Mountain Prize. This is a very rare opportunity like that lots of old Vespas to be able to admire in a heap. The spectacular Le Mans start in 4 groups, you can see the mixture of excitement, pride, ambition and above all joy in this challenge in the drivers.
“Tüte”, a participant from last year, told me how he had to push his Vespa Rally 180 up the Glockner a bit!
How does a machine cope with it that has a few more years under its belt and less under its hood?
To find out, we gave one of the daredevil pilots one of our cameras. Many thanks to Marc Schaffnit!

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With the Ciao towards the summit

Our Marc has been on the road for a long time, he could hardly be stopped and drives the Grossglockner up first with his Ciao and then again with the Scooter Center Be Giorni. Another practical test for our new one, passed with flying colors CIAO bags.

 

 

Shortly afterwards we also make our way to the Glockner, the Mountain calls and wants to be conquered!

 

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Today it was supposed to rain all day, what to me with the bgm PRO Sport tires but did not cause concern. We were lucky: it stayed dry until the afternoon, but it was up on the Grossglockner, but very foggy and cold. So after a fun descent we went straight to the town square to greet the AlpDays family at our stand and to advise them on our products.

 

 

In the afternoon it did start to rain, we were so engrossed in conversations and busy keeping our booth dry that we unfortunately had the great one Vespa acrobatics stunt show by NICOLA CAMPOBASSO missed. The “Concours de Elegance”, a kind of custom show, took place right at our stand.

 

 

While the Alpdays family was slowly coming to the congress center to take part in the evening program Live music, awards, honors, charity presentation and raffles To be present, we set about dismantling the stand and stowing the material safely in the transporters.

 

 

One group Ladies in dirndls from Waging am See, stopped us for a moment. A welcome and very nice change!

 

Vespa Alpdays Zell am See 2021 photos and videos

 

After dinner we go to the evening event. Maryzabel was immediately hired and was allowed to dance with the WURLI WURM.

Actually everyone was just waiting for the big raffle, in which the main prize was a Vespa rally. Congratulations to the lucky winner who was very happy!

But we were also able to give pleasure and announce the winner of our competition, who can now look forward to a bgm PRO shock absorber for his scooter. There were also three Scooter Center-Shopping vouchers worth 200 euros raffled off. Again, our congratulations to the lucky winners!

 

Journey home (800km / 160km)

The night was pretty short. After breakfast together, we parted ways again: I made my way back towards Munich with my Vespa, Marcus stayed a day longer to enjoy the landscape with Ciao and Vespa and Maryzabel, Marc and Alex set off for the 800km Journey home towards Cologne / Bergheim.

Alpdays 2022 a revolution? We are excited!

13th Vespa Alp Days 2022 Zell am See

13th VESPA ALP DAYS 2022 - REVOLUTION from 2-6. June 2022

Main days: 2-6. June 2022 / Complete program: 1.-8. June 2022
The info about the 13th Vespa Alp Days 2022 came in hot off the press from Nicole and Franz:
"We look forward to seeing you again in 2022, combined with the hope of a “normal” year again!
We are trying to create a very special program in 2022, with some completely new, revolutionary ideas ... smuggler tour, powder maker hut ...
But we are limiting the number of participants again tragically! If you want to be there, please register quickly from 01.01.2022!
All information on www.the-alp-days.at from 01.11.2021
Registration open from 01.01.2022"

The Scooter Center Team is already looking forward to the next event this coming weekend: Scooter Center Open day 2021 on Saturday, September 18.09.2021th, XNUMX.

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