A new scooter magazine has hit the newstands.
ScooterNova is a new, bi-monthly A4-sized “quality” publication, aimed at the once-again burgeoning classic scootering market.
It is the brainchild of Andy Gillard, who has been involved with scooters all his adult life, socially since getting his first Vespa 90 at the age of 16, and professionally as a journalist for the past 20 years or so. He was the longest-serving editor on Scootering magazine before resigning at the beginning of 2016 to move on to pastures new.
“Many of the long-term contributors to Scootering were leaving around that time,” explained Gillard, “and although two of them, Iggy and Sticky, set up the online magazine ScooterLab, which I started contributing towards occasionally, I was happy to get by with that and a little marketing work for the time being.
“However, it seems many scooterists feel there is a void and are looking for a quality publication which they can relate to as scooter-riding enthusiasts.
“For anyone who thought old-school products such as paper magazines were on their way out, well think again. It seems there is a future for such products, if it is the right product of course.”
Featured machines will predominantly be Lambrettas and Vespas, but will include the wide variety of other marques that have appeared over the decades. It will cover restoration, restoration, customisation, radically engineered machines and more.
ScooterNova will be available via subscription, at scooter events and via scooter shops.
As well as UK stockists there are said to be sellers in Germany and Italy
ScooterNova magazine will be published by Starstream Media.
Pictured is the front cover of the first issue and editor Andy Gillard road-testing a rare Vespa GS150 VS1 for a magazine article