JUNE
2005
20/06/05 :
THE WHITBY RUN 2005
The full details about this year's Whitby Run can now be found on-line here. Recent developments
are that TAG (formerly Twist & Go Scooter Magazine) will be attending this year's Whitby Run, so I believe
there will be a few freebies being handed out courtesy of TAG.
On the way to Whitby, like last year we will be stopping at Goathland (also known as 'Aidensfield' in the TV
series 'Heartbeat'), and this year we will be meeting Whitby S.C. once again, this time at Goathland where we will also be inviting other scooter clubs from Scarborough, Pickering, Redcar and Middlesborough
to meet up with us at Goathland for the final leg of the journey and the proposed mass swoop into Whitby. So at the moment, the event
is shaping up quite nicely.
Don't forget that this event is also the first official ride-out of the up-and-coming National auto scooter club:
F.A.S.T. (Federation of Auto Scooterists). So if you only go on one ride-out this year, don't
miss out on this one!
16/06/05 :
ITALJET - A NEW HOPE
Blue Energy in Bologna, Italy have managed to find a new distributor for the supply of Italjet spares: Harglo-Performance in Gloucestershire.
Harglo-Performance are part of the Watsonian-Squire Group who are also the sole UK Royal Enfield bike and
spares distributor. Watsonian have been going since 1912 and took on Harglo in 1994. During the mid-to-late 1990s
Harglo introduced and imported Malaguti scooters to the UK, and by all accounts they were successful with bike sales
and built a thriving parts business on that. Alas, the market became much more difficult for them in the early 2000s,
so they passed on the complete Malaguti scooter and parts business to Moore Large & Co. Malaguti has of course since
been passed on to E.P. Barrus.
Anyway, Massimo Tartarini at Blue Energy has indicated 80-90% availability of parts, so with
Harglo-Performance now stepping in there's hope for us existing Italjet scooter owners. The question on everyone's
lips though is, how long will it take to obtain replacement parts? Well Alan Collins, Spare Parts Manager at Harglo-Performance
anticipates the average delivery time of most parts to be around one month. "We're feeling our way into the Italjet parts business
slowly" he says, "having not been involved or sold Italjets in the past, we don't quite have the technical background we've built
for Malaguti scooters. But, we will provide whatever technical help we can".
Harglo-Performance already deal with customers worldwide for Franco Morini Engines and kids bike bits, so they're
happy to supply Italjet parts globally. You can contact them by phone on 01386 701162 or by fax on 01386 700738. Or
via their website at www.harglo-performance.com
THE RETURN OF THE DRAGSTER
More Italjet news
The new revised Dragster due in September will now be sold under the original Italjet
name according to Massimo Tartarini at Blue Energy.
14/06/05 :
The new issue of TAG (formerly Twist & Go) is out now:
In this month's issue:
Peugeot Jet C-Tech 50 test 4-stroke exhaust tests Malaguti Drakon 50 test Suzuki Skywave 250 custom scoot
Billy Whizz custom Dragster Stunting in Croatia SIP N8RO feature Stone Island custom Dragster X-Race... Plus much more...
Don't forget to check out the official TAG website for additional on-line stuff...
