OWNER DETAILS

Owner: Markus Blau Scooter club: Sanctimonious SC, Grevenbroich (near Düsseldorf)

First interest in scooters: At the age of 16 my folks gave me a choice between a scooter or nothing. Naturally, it was the scooter. They are regretting it to this day… First scooter: Vespa PK 50 XL.

Favourite scooter: Vespa 90 SS.

Favourite style of custom scooter: Street Racer. First rally: Lübeck ’91. Everybody gave me a ‘beer christening’ on the first night – I was told that’s tradition…

Favourite rally: Scooter Dive ’91 with Edwin Starr. There are no bad ones – it’s up to you what you make of it.

Most useless part ever bought: A rebuilt engine. I wanted to save some work but ended up buying junk. Better do it yourself and get help if you need it. What part would you most like to see developed for scooters: A tyre lever that doesn’t scratch

the rims. If you had to recommend one scooter part what would it be: Dropped headsets by Target should

be remade.