LEARNER RIDERS Once every few weeks we take some time out to help our customers pass their P's test. On some Saturdays from 4 to 5pm behind Lennock Motors in Bellona Court we have the test marked out, we walk riders through the test, so you know what to practice before the big day. Remember to get off your L's as soon as possible, don't leave it a full year and have to do your L's a second time. Getting your P-license means you can travel at the speed limit in NSW and take a passenger sooner!
Next Dates:
Saturday May 2
Saturday May 30
Saturday June 20
SCOOTER RIDES There is a monthly ride for ScooterRiders, open to all scooter models and brands and they are listed in the Events Calendar below.
Rides/Events are on Sundays, usually on the 1st Sunday of the month.
VESPA RIDERS The Vespa Club of Canberra started in March 2024. The Vespa club has a website and a facebook page to advertise their rides and events.
Website: https://canberra.vcoa.com.au
Facebook: Vespa Club of Canberra
CLASSIC SCOOTER RIDERS There is a group for classic scooter riders in Canberra. There is a facebook group, and the planned rides are posted at www.theswarm.com.au
2026 EVENTS CALENDAR
Mar 28 & 29 Vespa Club Ride - Overnight Ride to Crookwell - Leaving Motorini Scooters at 2pm Saurday 28
April 5 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride to 4 Winds Winery. Meeting at Watson shops meet from 10 leaving at 10:30 for a ride through Sutton and along Sutton Road left onto Murrumbateman Road and on to the Winery for Pizza. Bring $20 cash if you want some Pizza (we have to be there at 11:30)
APRIL 23 Vespa Club Ride - Vespa's 80th Anniversary begins! The anniversary of the Vespa patent from 1946!
Our 1st Event of the 80th anniversary of Vespa - the year's events will end in hosting an Australia wide convention in Canberra on March 12 to March 14 2027. Tickets from vcoa.com.au
The anniversary ride will meet at the National Carillion from 5:45pm and leave at 6:00pm and onto Pizza! (Bring $20 cash if you want to eat). Pizza's at Mozzarella and Co at Dickson shops.
May 3 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from Duffy shops - meet from 10 leave at 10:30am. Ride to Tidbinbilla tracking station back via Point Hut Crossing Road to Mawson shops, suitable for 150cc scooters.
May 17 - THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMANS RIDE - A fun ride with a chance to dress up. Suitable for traditional geared scooters; also modern automatic Vespas will fit the modern classic category.
There is a small cost for charity and this one goes towards prostate cancer and Men's mental health.
Register yourself @ " https://www.gentlemansride.com/register " and give it a go. Ride will leave Dirty Jane's at 10am - Collie St Fyshwick.
June 7 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from
July 5 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from
July 18 to August 3 Motorini closed for the Winter Break. Contact by text only during this period on 04074 72668.
August 9 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from
Sep ? $25 for Charity for this Ride for Classic Vehicles - all the details on the website
https://fundraise.campquality.org.au/event/view/classiccruisecbr
Sep 28 to October 4 Motorini closed for the Scooter Mille
Sep 30 to Oct 1 The Scooter Mille http://scootermille.weebly.com/ Geared scooters only
Oct 2 to 4 National Classic Scooter Rally, Hahndorf South Australia.
no date - Classic scooter riders only, Bathurst https://classicscooter500.weebly.com/
no date - The Australian National Scooter Rally (for all scooters) www.nationalscooterrally.weebly.com
December ... Toy Run - The 2026 Toy Run will leave from the Old Parliament House at 10am. All ScooterRiders are invited to ride from motorini at 9:30 (meet from 9:00am). Just for fun, we can arrive as a group at the Toy Run, and ride it as a group as well. Put your Santa jacket on if you have one. It's not important to bring a gift - a cash donation on the day is great too.
As is appropriate for the season, all the red scooters will ride in front as a group!
This event supports charities and reminds people about difficulties faced by some at Christmas, and also positively promotes the two wheeled community.
2027 EVENTS CALENDAR
Jan ... - ACT Veteran Vintage & Classic Motorcycle Club ride - Annual Tiddlers Ride 10:30 am departure from Black Mountain Peninsular
https://vvcmcc.org/comingevents/ (for traditional geared scooters)
Australian Vespa Days - March 12 to 14 Held in Canberra and hosted by the Vespa Club of Canberra 3 to 4 hundred Vespa riders will come here, the last function of Vespa's worldwide 80th anniversary celebrations. Tickets from vcoa.com.au
April ... Auto Italia. Ride from the Campbell Street carpark at QBN Park at Midday for a ride to the Kingston shops for a Gelato.
Canberra's biggest display of Italian scooters, bikes, and cars. Take a look at classic Italian machinery, eat Italian food, drink coffee or sit under a tree. For those who want to display your scooter you can do that for a small fee (be there before 10 am and register online before the event)
Spectator entry is free on the day. Queanbeyan Park, see https://www.autoitaliacanberra.com/
May ... - THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMANS RIDE - A fun ride with a chance to dress up. Suitable for traditional geared scooters; also modern automatic Vespas will fit the modern classic category.
There is a small cost for charity and this one goes towards prostate cancer and Men's mental health.
Register yourself @ " https://www.gentlemansride.com/register " and give it a go.
Mar 28 & 29 Vespa Club Ride - Overnight Ride to Crookwell - Leaving Motorini Scooters at 2pm Saurday 28
April 5 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride to 4 Winds Winery. Meeting at Watson shops meet from 10 leaving at 10:30 for a ride through Sutton and along Sutton Road left onto Murrumbateman Road and on to the Winery for Pizza. Bring $20 cash if you want some Pizza (we have to be there at 11:30)
APRIL 23 Vespa Club Ride - Vespa's 80th Anniversary begins! The anniversary of the Vespa patent from 1946!
Our 1st Event of the 80th anniversary of Vespa - the year's events will end in hosting an Australia wide convention in Canberra on March 12 to March 14 2027. Tickets from vcoa.com.au
The anniversary ride will meet at the National Carillion from 5:45pm and leave at 6:00pm and onto Pizza! (Bring $20 cash if you want to eat). Pizza's at Mozzarella and Co at Dickson shops.
May 3 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from Duffy shops - meet from 10 leave at 10:30am. Ride to Tidbinbilla tracking station back via Point Hut Crossing Road to Mawson shops, suitable for 150cc scooters.
May 17 - THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMANS RIDE - A fun ride with a chance to dress up. Suitable for traditional geared scooters; also modern automatic Vespas will fit the modern classic category.
There is a small cost for charity and this one goes towards prostate cancer and Men's mental health.
Register yourself @ " https://www.gentlemansride.com/register " and give it a go. Ride will leave Dirty Jane's at 10am - Collie St Fyshwick.
June 7 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from
July 5 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from
July 18 to August 3 Motorini closed for the Winter Break. Contact by text only during this period on 04074 72668.
August 9 ScooterRiders Ride - Ride from
Sep ? $25 for Charity for this Ride for Classic Vehicles - all the details on the website
https://fundraise.campquality.org.au/event/view/classiccruisecbr
Sep 28 to October 4 Motorini closed for the Scooter Mille
Sep 30 to Oct 1 The Scooter Mille http://scootermille.weebly.com/ Geared scooters only
Oct 2 to 4 National Classic Scooter Rally, Hahndorf South Australia.
no date - Classic scooter riders only, Bathurst https://classicscooter500.weebly.com/
no date - The Australian National Scooter Rally (for all scooters) www.nationalscooterrally.weebly.com
December ... Toy Run - The 2026 Toy Run will leave from the Old Parliament House at 10am. All ScooterRiders are invited to ride from motorini at 9:30 (meet from 9:00am). Just for fun, we can arrive as a group at the Toy Run, and ride it as a group as well. Put your Santa jacket on if you have one. It's not important to bring a gift - a cash donation on the day is great too.
As is appropriate for the season, all the red scooters will ride in front as a group!
This event supports charities and reminds people about difficulties faced by some at Christmas, and also positively promotes the two wheeled community.
2027 EVENTS CALENDAR
Jan ... - ACT Veteran Vintage & Classic Motorcycle Club ride - Annual Tiddlers Ride 10:30 am departure from Black Mountain Peninsular
https://vvcmcc.org/comingevents/ (for traditional geared scooters)
Australian Vespa Days - March 12 to 14 Held in Canberra and hosted by the Vespa Club of Canberra 3 to 4 hundred Vespa riders will come here, the last function of Vespa's worldwide 80th anniversary celebrations. Tickets from vcoa.com.au
April ... Auto Italia. Ride from the Campbell Street carpark at QBN Park at Midday for a ride to the Kingston shops for a Gelato.
Canberra's biggest display of Italian scooters, bikes, and cars. Take a look at classic Italian machinery, eat Italian food, drink coffee or sit under a tree. For those who want to display your scooter you can do that for a small fee (be there before 10 am and register online before the event)
Spectator entry is free on the day. Queanbeyan Park, see https://www.autoitaliacanberra.com/
May ... - THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMANS RIDE - A fun ride with a chance to dress up. Suitable for traditional geared scooters; also modern automatic Vespas will fit the modern classic category.
There is a small cost for charity and this one goes towards prostate cancer and Men's mental health.
Register yourself @ " https://www.gentlemansride.com/register " and give it a go.
