OWNER DETAILS

Owner’s name: Simon Pickering Job: Operations team leader at a power station. Scooter club & town: Selby Independents and LCGB. How and when did you first become interested in scooters: I was passing a rally at the Olympia in Selby about 10 years ago and got pulled in by custom scooters. I was into building custom cars back then so I could relate to it. First scooter: A battered PX125 that I had to sell on a few months later to go towards my house deposit. Favourite scooter model: Vespa T5 Favourite style of custom scooter: I prefer something that little bit different. Something that covers all bases but isn’t OTT. First rally or event: Bridlington, again, probably 10 years or so ago, sadly I’d just had to sell the PX, so went in the car. It’s not the same as riding up, is it? Favourite and worst rally/event: Brid is my favourite, although I went to a little one in Hull last year that was strange. It even had an Ann Summers stall… Funniest experience with a scooter: The first wheelie on my T5 in the middle of about 20 scooters raised a few eyebrows. Totally unintentional, my hand slipped off the clutch and the wheel went way higher than I was comfortable with. What’s the furthest you’ve ever ridden on a scooter: I’ve done about 150-200 miles in a day, but I want to start doing some more distances in future. What do you like about rallies/events: Catching up with people. What do you dislike about rallies/events: Crap food at inflated prices.

Favourite Scootering magazine feature: The tech bits are always good Favourite custom/featured scooter of all time: Still got to be Spanish Bombs – it’s a lovely machine. If you had to recommend one scooter part or item of riding kit what would it be: SIP rims and speedos. Saved me a few times. Most useless part you’ve ever bought for one of your scooters: A cheap remade headlight unit. Total dross that was never going to fit.