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Old 06-10-17, 11:43 AM   #2691
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My manager comes to work on a 1963 Lambretta. Tonight we were going to a leaving do so when I said I keep a spare helmet in the office and for once was wearing trousers he offered me a lift.

No mirrors, no indicators, the lovely smell of two stroke oil. I enjoyed it so much he gave me a lift to Kings Cross through Regent's Park with a beautiful full moon to get home too. Our colleagues were laughing at the pair of us clambering on to his little scooter outside the pub. It was fun though.

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I don't know why but there's just something so quaint about zipping around town on a scooter.
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Old 06-10-17, 12:56 PM   #2692
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We'll be permanently in Spain from mid Feb... and I have the nod from the Doc and the Treasurer to return to bikes...
Excellent!!
Get a restoration project too

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Old 06-10-17, 05:16 PM   #2693
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I don't know why but there's just something so quaint about zipping around town on a scooter.
This. Utterly rubbish usually out on the twisty roads so a bit single purpose for me.
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Old 06-10-17, 05:22 PM   #2694
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My manager comes to work on a 1963 Lambretta. Tonight we were going to a leaving do so when I said I keep a spare helmet in the office and for once was wearing trousers he offered me a lift.

No mirrors, no indicators, the lovely smell of two stroke oil. I enjoyed it so much he gave me a lift to Kings Cross through Regent's Park with a beautiful full moon to get home too. Our colleagues were laughing at the pair of us clambering on to his little scooter outside the pub. It was fun though.

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Old 06-10-17, 07:02 PM   #2695
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This. Utterly rubbish usually out on the twisty roads so a bit single purpose for me.
Should try doing Exeter and Lands End Trials on one!
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Old 06-10-17, 08:23 PM   #2696
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We'll be permanently in Spain from mid Feb... and I have the nod from the Doc and the Treasurer to return to bikes...
WooHoo, What are you getting then
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Old 06-10-17, 09:28 PM   #2697
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WooHoo, What are you getting then
Thinking of a Triumph America...
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Old 07-10-17, 03:30 PM   #2698
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Heated grips, they're a life changer
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Old 07-10-17, 03:31 PM   #2699
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Very nice SIII has one and he loves it.
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Old 07-10-17, 09:14 PM   #2700
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Very nice SIII has one and he loves it.
Ask him how he fared against a cement truck on it...
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