Kwasaki Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, owl sees all said: There was another scooter other that Vespa or Lambretta. Can't recall the name, but it was derided by the mod side, and laughed at by us. Our meeting area was behind the Civic Center in Dagenham. Some of the more savvy boys quickly graduated onto ford cars. Some girls liked the back seat of the car rather than the bike. I remember the NSU ' s scooters.!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, luckyluke said: I more fancied this : Ah yes, the Village People look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodga Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, luckyluke said: I more fancied this : reeks of YMCA to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I see kids on waves, scoots riding in gangs. Apparently there's a New Sukhothai mob & a Old Sukhothai mob who ended up for a fight meet. A mixture of bike & scoots in Thailand. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 canopus1969, I hope very much that Vespa in the photo isn't an automatic. Riding a Vespa "sewing machine" should make any purist regurgitate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sometime Posted November 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2020 I suppose I would say rocker, black leather jacket set off with a yellow silk scarf & polished black leather boots. This used to be my pride & joy 650 Triumph Trophy 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I was a hippy! ✌️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 47 minutes ago, sometime said: I suppose I would say rocker, black leather jacket set off with a yellow silk scarf & polished black leather boots. This used to be my pride & joy 650 Triumph Trophy Nice bike. Belongs on the "Bike porn" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Trujillo said: Had to sell the blue bomber in 2005 after 13 years...still looked good. This was the second one I had; previously I had a white one I had for 7 years (found it abandoned on the side of the road, rehabilitated it and off I went). By the way, who in the hell would ever buy a Vespa automatic like they sell here now? Ride that for any length of time you will get Scoliosis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Wrong side of the pond. I never saw a Vespa, Lambretta ... HD's, Indians, Triumph and BSA, Nortons - and all at least 500cc Until the Japanese - i.e. Honda - made their appearance in the 60's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Bunch of long haired poofs....any man admitting to it should be ashamed???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Happy days, “ride for a ride” on my Vespa adorned with headlights that weren’t connected, Bank Holidays in Brighton, Hastings and Margate, though I do now cringe at some of our antics. Brighton Police randomly arresting people, I do sometimes wonder if my life may have taken a different route if I’d been selected for arrest and subsequent court appearance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theoldgit Posted November 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2020 10 hours ago, baansgr said: Bunch of long haired poofs....any man admitting to it should be ashamed???????????? Mods didn’t have long hair. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 10 hours ago, baansgr said: Bunch of long haired poofs....any man admitting to it should be ashamed???????????? Having long hair ? Or being gay ? Feeling a bit insecure in your own skin ? I have a buddy, 6 foot 4 260 pounds - would love to be a fly on the wall when you called him a poof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 25 minutes ago, theoldgit said: Mods didn’t have long hair. Just large Doc Martin boots.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 27 minutes ago, VocalNeal said: Just large Doc Martin boots.... They were not available in the 60's they were more for skinheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I was definitely a follower of fashion with a Lami and music Manchester was rocking in the mid 60's with the Twisted Wheel alnighters on a Saturday night then off to Blackpool Sunday morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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owl sees all Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 16 hours ago, Kwasaki said: I remember the NSU ' s scooters.!! The one I was thinking of was the Capri. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I wasn't a Mod. I was too young (born in 1967) However, I did get caught up I the British Mod revival of the late 70s, and early 80s, which then morphed into the scooterist movement. The music scene of that period (The Jam, Secret Affair, The Lambrettas etc) is still somewhere that I delve even to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 19 hours ago, Crossy said: I still am ... Ah you mean THAT kind of mod? Nah, I'm just a splash too young. I was a hairy biker mind, black leathers, pony tail, well stacked blonde (I married her too) on the back, terrorising the sea front at Weston Super Mud on a summer weekend. Which one of the hairy ones are you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 14 hours ago, sometime said: I suppose I would say rocker, black leather jacket set off with a yellow silk scarf & polished black leather boots. This used to be my pride & joy 650 Triumph Trophy Can't be a daily rider, no drip-pan. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Mods in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 14 hours ago, PatOngo said: I was a hippy! ✌️ They came later,i remember a mate and me wearing kaftans and beads went to my old home town to visit my parents ,walking down the street people just stopped and stared at us London hippies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I have a 1964 Vespa 160cc GS back in Oz as you can see in my avatar, and i can't wait to ride it again once back there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, bert bloggs said: They came later,i remember a mate and me wearing kaftans and beads went to my old home town to visit my parents ,walking down the street people just stopped and stared at us London hippies. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 20 hours ago, transam said: Were you one of the crowd that adored their Lambretta or Vespa.. I used to work with one of the guys who was an extra 'Mod' in the '79 Quadrophenia flick. He wasn't a real 'Mod' and had a work related accident (last time I saw him) on one of our projects so got medivaced out only to be killed a few months later during his recovering period in a motorbike accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 We used to go for a burn up to Brighton I suppose around 1964 , kick over a line of scooters or stop long enough to tye a few arials in knots then get out sharpish as 10 scooters to one proper bike in those days. My bro , 2 years older thought I should act my age not my shoe size , he was a loner on this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natai Beach Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) 55 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Mods in Thailand The Thais much faster bikes and way cuter girls. Edited November 18, 2020 by Natai Beach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toofarnorth Posted November 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2020 By 1966 I was more into ride outs to coffee bars and sterner stuff , the Dragon rallies , Surrey to North Wales at the coldest time of the year. My bro ( with the Goldie ) thinks I came to LoS to get warm again. My Trusty Norton '66. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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