MAN & MACHINE
Name: Rod Sammons.
First interest in scooters: 1981.
First scooter: GP125 DL.
Favourite scooter model: Vespa GL. Favourite style of custom scooter: Anything that means something to the owner.
First ever rally: National rally IoW and local Oxford Road Runners’ meets.
How did you get there: By scooter. Favourite rally: IoW 1999 on my £15 Li125.
Funniest experience involving scooters: Nothing funny has ever happened to me ;)
Furthest you’ve ever ridden on a scooter: To the IoW.
What do you like about rallies: Music, dancing and friends.
Favourite custom scooter of all time: Sign of the snake.
Your most recommended scooter part or related item: A good helmet.
Most useless part you’ve ever bought for a scooter: Mirrors.
What would make the scene better: For everyone to get along, no matter what you ride.
What would make our beloved scooters better: You can’t.
Favourite scooter dealer: Originally Bedlam Scooters in Bedford.
Scooter model: Lambretta LD150 (early) Mk3.
Time to build & by who: It needed a bit of a thorough clean (and some fresh fuel) spent a bit of my spare time cleaning, polishing and getting it running, a few months I suppose.
Any specialised parts or mods: Nothing… it is all 100% standard. Describe engine performance and scooter handling: Slow and spongy.
Any other details we have missed: Its original condition: albeit 64 years old, only two previous owners.
Paintwork by: Innocenti.
Overall cost of work and components:
If I was American, I’d plead the Fifth Amendment!