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Name: Dave Bignell (aka Biggles) Scooter club and town: Right Track Scooter Club. Portsmouth, Hampshire First interest in scooters: First interested from 1965-1970. Had a long break family/home/career, returned to Scootering in 1998 to present day First scooter: First scooter was an LD 150, which cost me £5. It didn't run! Favourite scooter model: Fav’ model has to be a TV 200, followed by TV 175 series 2 Favourite style of custom scooter: Anything to do with the Forces First rally or event: L.C.G.B rally in the 1960s. I distinctly remember taking part in the slow riding competition. I didn't win! How did you get there: Scooter Any stories: In the late 60s, possibly 1967, I bought a TV 200. I was riding to my mums in Biggleswade with my mate Alex on pillion, at night in the dark. We rode through Datchet and completely failed to see that the road had a sharply angled right turn. Needless to say, we went straight on, hit the curb and I fell off. My mate Alex went flying over my shoulder, wearing his long black coat and still clutching his suitcase, and disappeared into the bushes. I became worried when he failed to answer two calls. His answer came on the third call... "WOT!?" as he crawled out the shrubbery. As the head set was broken, we pushed the scooter to the police station in Slough to wait for my dad. We were so tired, the Police thought we were on something! (We weren't!). I remember the total bill for repair was £13. Happy days! Favourite and worst rally/ event: Favourite rally is Scarborough. Worst rally, Skegness (only because it rained the entire weekend and didn't stop until we got home) ‘Skeggie’ itself is great What is the funniest experience with a scooter: One of our club members was stopped for speeding on the I.O.W. The rally was being filmed by a television company. When asked by the Police what cc the scooter was, he replied: "It's registered as a 125,” and quickly added, “It is a 125." Not sure whether the Police twigged this slip-up, but they sent him on his way, after telling him to get an L plate. This piece of film was eventually part of the programme, which was aired nationally. Our mate took a lot of stick for his slip-up. It actually was a 200! The club purchased a T-shirt for him with the logo ‘Registered as a 125, as seen on TV’.