MAN & MACHINE

Name: Gary Wickham Job: Plumber Scooter Club: Misdemeanours SC Lowestoft, VCGB, LCGB First become interest in scooters: Definitely wasn’t Quadrophenia! First scooter: Purple PX125. Favourite scooter model: Lambretta GP Favourite style of custom scooter: Full-blown custom First rally or event: Skegness 1983 How did you get there: Gold old Purple PX Worst rally: Morecambe in 1985. I hated every moment for some reason. I went back the following year to try it again but I was right! Ironically, the VFM Morecambe rally in 2015 had my scooter on its patch What’s the furthest you’ve ever ridden on a scooter: Scotland and Newquay Favourite custom scooter: Start Me Up. It has to be the best custom scooter ever. Also, it is owned by a top bloke

Name: The Sentinal Model: Vespa PX200 Inspiration for project: Seeing scooters like Patriot Revenge etc Specialised parts or frame modifications: Cut out side panels, engraved copper engine cable covers, shaped cover plates on floorboards all made by myself. Engine Kit: Malossi 210, Crank: Vespa 60mm S/Pro, Carb Malossi reed valve, 30mm Dellorto Exhaust: JL, Clutch: Cosa clutch/SIP clutch basket Gearbox: DRT fourth gear Porting & dyno by: JB Tuning Paint by: John Spurgeon Engraving: Most of it is by Don Blocksidge, although the late Pete Robinson did the forks Chrome: Quality Chrome Advice for someone starting a project: Think carefully about what you want, then set a budget and double it Thanks to: My wife Sharon and children Lucy and Tom for putting up with my nights in the garage and weekends away. Misdemeanours SCC, every weekend away ends up messy. Quality Chrome, Don Blocksidge, John Spurgeon, Markk & Vicki, Rick & Jill, everybody who I’ve met in scootering over the years