After a long
summer preparing
our scooters for the event, just to make sure we would have finish them
in due time, we loaded them up in the van late at night just after put
the last nut on them. In the van because we had done scooters not
really
suitable for such a long distant journey. Expecially when you realized
the cost of chrome, mirrors and light you have put on them.
The isle of Wight
is
as usual the top rally of the season, lots and lots of scooters of
great
interest and inspiration either.
I had restored my
TV200,
with the help and co-operation on my colleagues at work not really
common
we can say (it is in the picture nr.1), and it was the first time after
a long break that I was riding a Mod Lambretta - or to say it all it
was
the first time I rode a proper one, as the others in the early days
were
mostly influenced by the lack of funds to do them up as a young mod - .
Us of the Rimini
Lambretta
Centre have had also the satisfaction of seeing one of our restos being
awarded of 'Best Mod Scooter' in the custom show at the Ise Rink; this
has been 'All Mod Cons' Colin's GT200.
When another
brilliant
rally was over, we have headed to Dean's father house in Cornwall. Seen
that I was the only one who had to come back in Italy after a short
while,
I brought in the van my Vespa GTS 300 to do the trip back onto. Also to
give it a proper test as I had done it some times on a Lambretta but
never
on a modern bike. I know this is not the right place for this kind of
scooter,
but I think pics and my experience can be of interest for others.
So I have done
the trip
from the Isle of Wight to Bodmin and after a couple of days, in which I
had the opportunity to visit the new Eden project and what remains of
Tintagle
King Arthur's castle, from Bodmin to my house that I have reached just
after a trouble free ride of 48 hours. Another great experience and
still
waiting for those to come! |
