MAN & MACHINE

Name: N Dave ‘Gibbo’ Gibbons Scooter S club & town: Shedster - Nationwide First F become interested in scooters: About 14 yyears old. I lived in Essex along the A13 and uused to see all the scooters going to Southend Your Y first scooter: ‘Primmy 125’ Favourite F scooter model: Smallframe. Now got a 550 Special with a Quattrini 144 that I can tthrow about Favourite F style of custom scooter: Street-Racer, hhead down… full throttle and no looking back First F rally: Morecombe (I think). Seventeen-yearoold scooter boy with a can of Tennant’s Extra. SSeems like a life time ago How H did you get there: Lammy GP150 called ‘True Dilemma’. It was always breaking down, so s a fitting name What W is the funniest experience with a scooter: Coming C out of Leigh Com Mod nights with my mates m Steve Balcomb, Paul, Lee Brown and ssome other geezer on an auto, getting a load of abuse from a few skinheads near the chippy. We gave it large back and the punters were all giving us the cheers. We rode down the one-way system, only to run across a transit van – doors opened and a mob jumped out with hammers, bats and an axe, which Lee Brown’s 50 special seemed to like! Not funny at the time, but looking back brings a smile What do you dislike about rallies: Scooter snobs and the PC brigade. We all ride 2-wheels, autos, geared, modded up, street-racers. It doesn’t matter what you ride, as long as you get there Your favourite custom scooter of all time: Alien-themed GP Lammie ‘Steve’, which was created by Mick Gauntlet Name of scooter & reason: ‘Nasty’. Top tune by Prodigy, my fav’ band What other themes did you like: Originally I was going to do a Bobby Moore-themed Street-Racer Scooter model: Vespa PX Inspiration for project and theme: I love StreetRacers and adopted my love of Prodigy Time to build & by who: Took about 3 years on and off. Engine spec: Kit: Pollossi - Polini barrel with a Mallossi piston. Crank: 62mm Bell crank Carb: 30mm Dellorto with RD Reed Exhaust: SIP. Clutch: DRT Race Gearbox: Standard and T5 4th Porting and Dyno work by: SG Engineering Describe engine performance, power delivery: Revvy at the bottom, power band kicks in then and holds at top end Top speed & cruising speed: Top speed around 80mph (ish). Cruising speed of 70mph(ish) Paintwork & murals done by: John Spurgeon in Norwich Is there any chrome: You are joking, right? Anyone you wish to thank: Stu from SG Engineering, John for the amazing paint job, all the Shedsters who have supported and worked on the Shed Rally, and magazine for all these years. You know who you are. Much love. #smileforsteve