Saturday Night

Its saturday night & time for...............................X Factor!!. Personally i love it, its bloody hilarious!
If its too much for you though.....

This caught my eye at the Lincoln rally. The owner , who was questioned for "your shout" in Scootering magazine, had ridden over from Italy for World Vespa Days and decided to stay in the U.K. longer to attend some more events. At least he was`nt put off by the vespa event. The scooter is px125 with 177 pinasco kit.

Fast women

In & amongst all the scootering mags, fliers, posters etc is this rather nice calender. Donne Veloci S.C. are  from New York and they are an all girl scooter club, I not sure if they`re still up & running as I`ve tried doing a bit of research on them(googled it) & nothing really showed up, but what is interesting is one the members is a lady named Bev whose hometown is Bradford. A few years ago some of the girls came to the U.K. & turned up at a few rallies & do`s, one of them being H.S.C.`s christmas do where thet donated this calender to the raffle. The calender was originally done to raise money for breast cancer so hopefully it raised loads.

First Lambretta

This was the first lambretta i bought, an li 150 1964. I was looking for a lammy at the time & spotted this outside Robbies Motorcycles in Bradford. It was in original condition & had been stood since 77 til they put it back on the road, so I gave them £550 for it. I remember riding in down to a Dahma Bums s.c. meeting for the first time & Chris Wood, who was in H.S.C. at time, saying "now you`ve got a proper scooter you can join a proper club!" There were some nice little original extras on like the footboards & the odd aftermarket exhaust. Eventually it got taken apart but after sitting in the kitchen in bits for a couple of years it had to go!

New Music Shock

A strange thing happened the other night. I heard this on the radio & thought "thats quite good"

Gold!!

In honour of the olympic athletes......

Not seen it for a while though Jase

Road Trip Anyone?

This is a great clip from the SIP team. Start planning that trip now!

Hull & District

Me & Len went 2 up on the P2 to the Hull & District S.C. annual rally. The ride down the M62 was boring but at least the weather was good. Don`t want to start a rant so i won`t but there was probably more cars than scooters, i suppose thats just the way things are. Met some nice folk there & went on a lager frenzy with added jagerbombs. Can`t remember the bands much but one of them were ska so I know what songs they played. Len lost his shirt & tried to sleep in someone elses tent. Classic!, just don`t know how i managed to ride home

Two worlds

These two pictures sum up the Mods & rockers do last sunday. Big D`s chop is quite stunning but the stickered px was actually my favourite of the day, it really is the simple things in life for people like me.

T5 Appreciation Society

Mine & Len`s t5`s. The top 2 pics of Len`s were at Oban when the tickover screw undid it self & the spring went down the barrel leading to a nice ride home in the Chiselspeed van. The splendid looking pink & blue one was mine which at the time I loved for some reason.

Mods & Rockers

Sunday was the Mods & Rockers event put on by Satan Slaves M.C. & Bradford Discharge S.C. It kicks off with a ride in from the George pub in Low Moor Bradford to the Piece Hall in Halifax. Once at the Piece Hall there`s stalls, a bar, D.J`s, loads of scooters & bikes, plus all the regualar shops inside the hall. Riding in alongside the Slaves was a fun experience & the atmosphere throughout the afternoon was great, it has to said! Unfortunatley this was to be the last year at Piece Hall, next year will be held at the Frontier at Batley.

Dahma Bums 2

Had these photo`s sent from Len of some rallies with the infamous Dahma Bums s.c. The first couple are from Bridlington about 93/94 maybe.

the top pic is Len & me then you`ve got me "talking" & Sully "listening"

Bottom pic is Emma, sharon, me & Dunsy
Next up are from the NSRA farmyard party at Ganton. Don`t remember much about this other than drinking Blastaways & dancing in a barn. In one of the pictures you might spot John Bramley. John turned up from nowhere, went away for the weekend with us then returned home & swiftly joined H.S.C.        a sensible move!

On ebay now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lambretta-Italian-Li-special-B-reg-not-vespa-/271026775988?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3f1a7467b4