I want a scooter, am I sick?

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:57 pm

Just remembered, my sister had the last one of these registered in the UK, the only "A" reg Vespa 100

David · Post by **David** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:53 pm

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=vi ... ORM=IQFRBA

Now this is a scooter........

Post by **G.P** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:05 pm

A mate of mine, also a Ducati fan, Has 2 x air cooled Monsters, 2 x mid 90's 900SS and this :

1963 48cc Ducati Brio

Probably the most valuable Ducati he's got

Post by **Potter** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:44 am

My cousins (two sisters) both ride scooters and are into the Northern Soul scene, they regularly post (before c19) weekends away on the scooters to all night events. It looks like a good scene and a lot of fun.

I'm not sure I fancy the haircut, but I think wizzing around the lanes on a scooter would be fun.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:40 am

Potter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:44 am My cousins (two sisters) both ride scooters and are into the Northern Soul scene, they regularly post (before c19) weekends away on the scooters to all night events. It looks like a good scene and a lot of fun.

I'm not sure I fancy the haircut, but I think wizzing around the lanes on a scooter would be fun.

My sister is into Northern Soul, I think she's bought another Vespa, I know she was going to Northern Soul nights in Wigan (she now lives near Preston) before Covid

Post by **Supermofo** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:44 am

I've only ridden a few at my mates old bike shop when popping out for errands but I like em, they are good fun and convenient . If I could justify one in the garage for the odd run to the shops/commute I would.

In fact a lot depends on what happens post Covid, by the end of this I'll have been WFH full time for probably a year to 18 months so I'll be pushing for maybe 1 possibly 2 days a week in the office max. If that was the case I'd consider a scoot and only have 1 car in the family.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:56 am

Scooters I've ridden

1983 Vespa 100 - nice handling, weird gear change, very slow
1985 Vespa PX125 - not very nice handling, weird gear change, slow
Lambretta 150 of unknown year - went about 200yds and it broke down

I'd much rather have a small motorcycle or a Honda stepthrough

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:00 am

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:40 am
Potter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:44 am My cousins (two sisters) both ride scooters and are into the Northern Soul scene, they regularly post (before c19) weekends away on the scooters to all night events. It looks like a good scene and a lot of fun.

I'm not sure I fancy the haircut, but I think wizzing around the lanes on a scooter would be fun.
My sister is into Northern Soul, I think she's bought another Vespa, I know she was going to Northern Soul nights in Wigan (she now lives near Preston) before Covid

We used to go fishing off the pier in Wigan

David · Post by **David** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:41 am

Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:00 am
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:40 am
Potter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:44 am My cousins (two sisters) both ride scooters and are into the Northern Soul scene, they regularly post (before c19) weekends away on the scooters to all night events. It looks like a good scene and a lot of fun.

I'm not sure I fancy the haircut, but I think wizzing around the lanes on a scooter would be fun.
My sister is into Northern Soul, I think she's bought another Vespa, I know she was going to Northern Soul nights in Wigan (she now lives near Preston) before Covid
We used to go fishing off the pier in Wigan

I have been past it on a narrow boat.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:49 am

Wigan Pier was demolished 90 years ago, you two are old.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:58 am

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:49 am Wigan Pier was demolished 90 years ago, you two are old.

Woooooooosh.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:40 am

Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:58 am
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:49 am Wigan Pier was demolished 90 years ago, you two are old.
Woooooooosh.

No, I was being deliberately facetious, I know it's an area of Wigan where a coal pier used to be.

Post by **Potter** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:27 pm

Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:00 am
We used to go fishing off the pier in Wigan

I've never been fishing anywhere in Wigan.

I have been fishing in Morecambe and coincidentally there used to be some ace scooter rallies in Morecambe, I didn't have a scooter but I did used to go sometimes for the ska music.

Post by **Skub** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:31 pm

Potter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:27 pm I didn't have a scooter but I did used to go sometimes for the ska music.

Bet that was special.

DEADPOOL · Post by **DEADPOOL** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:34 pm

Post by **weeksy** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:44 pm

DEADPOOL wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:34 pm

It wouldn't actually shock me if that's you.

DEADPOOL · Post by **DEADPOOL** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:02 pm

weeksy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:44 pm It wouldn't actually shock me if that's you.

Some great detective work there Weeksy, is it the suit?

It's the suit isn't it...

Post by **weeksy** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:08 pm

DEADPOOL wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:02 pm
weeksy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:44 pm It wouldn't actually shock me if that's you.
Some great detective work there Weeksy, is it the suit?

It's the suit isn't it...

Nope, the girls shoes

Post by **Potter** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:08 am

Skub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:31 pm
Potter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:27 pm I didn't have a scooter but I did used to go sometimes for the ska music.
Bet that was special.

At one of them I watched the original Commitments do a full free open air show, must have the late 90's. There were all sorts of bands on from mid-morning until the early hours. I had a proper porno 'tache and genuine old clothes from the 60's/70's that were my grandads

Drunk as a monkey and dancing from lunchtime until I collapsed some time after midnight.

I can't remember what the actual event was, but I used to go to the punk weekends and the mod weekends, so it was unlikely to be one of the punk weekends.
I never saw any bother at any of them though, it was all just good fun.

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