Mod scooters are still extremely popular some 50 years on from their heyday in the 1960s. For some admirers they never went out of fashion, but the mod revival in 1979, fuelled by the release of Quadrophenia, brought them to the attention of a new generation.
The best mod scooters are vintage Lambrettas and Vespas, covered in accessories including lights, mirrors, badges, chrome and whip aerials. Add a sprinkle of chrome and you have the perfect posing machine. Goodness knows what they’re like to ride though, with all that weight on the front, and they are as wide as a small car!
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If you’re planning your scootering calendar for 2021 then check out my 2021 Rally Guide to get the best choice of accommodation.
For an in-depth guide to the biggest scooter rally in the world, here is a link to my Isle of Wight rally guide.
This Quadrophenia-inspired reproduction of Sting’s Ace Face scooter is owned by Neil from Coventry.
You need plenty of polish to keep all the chrome clean!
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hi,when I was about 18 in 1980, a friends dad was in the raf. at the bottom of his garden oon camp, my mate and I found this weird machine. it was marked up with a lammy babge. no running board. all I can describe as a weird type w handlebars which were criss crossed In the middle and it was about a 50 cc. any ideas what it was please?
Hi, I wonder if it was a Model D? Sounds like it was an actual Lambretta rather than one of the other array of early scooters which were available after the war.
My money is on it being a Luna range..a Lui. That had no real running boards and a Rally Chopper type W handlebar and came in 50cc.
in the very first top photo you can see at the end of that row of scooters a blue and white lammy GP that’s my GP 200 and the lady sitting on the wall in the blue fleece is my wife angela we were there on the isle of Wight rally with the ODD MOD SQUAD unfortunately her MS got too bad for her to ride on the back any more so after a lot of soul searching we sold the GP we owned that scoot for 21 years and really miss it. But it means someone else can get to enjoy it as much as we did and not be left to rot in some old shed. Regards Alan Bush
Oh wow, I’m so pleased you spotted yourselves! Shame you had to sell it… There are some lovely scooters in the post!
I have had the pleasure of owning an SX 200 in 1966 which was a beautiful machine, I did many miles two up aboard and it never faltered once. The cost of running it was very low i only have one regret i do no own it now. I wish all scooterists well, along with my brother who has rebuilt a very tired specimen fitted a 225 barrel and piston and now looks beautiful thanks for allowing me to voice my opinion.
Hi Roger, I wish I’d kept many of my scooters now! Thanks so much for visiting my website.
My then girlfriend now my wife spent many a happy hour on my sx200 with the red seat. Often wonder what happened to it. The reg was BTD 23E. Would be interested to know if any of you guys has come across the bike. Our friends used to call us the posh and becks of the scooter gang. Happy memories and great pics by the way.
Sorry type error the reg was BTD 24E Apologies
Hi, have you checked if it’s still being MOT’d? You can see if it’s still on the road then. Thanks for commenting!