Scooterotica

jackpot no 6 before


and then after the hit and run

ooh ya fucka, that looks painful any injurys to oneself

my '59 series 1 after an accident that saw me & the scoot sliding down the road at about 50 mph when some thick plastic sheeting came off a cars
trailer that was traveling in front of me & slid under my front wheel,resulting in me being thrown off & the scoot bouncing down the road !! thankfully we both survived ! & i'm still riding the scoot to this day ! db67

rondon wrote:ooh ya fucka, that looks painful any injurys to oneself

2 broken ribs and bruised and sore all over,without the full body armour i'd have been a lot worse,wont ride without it now.it saved me the next time too when i high sided and went over the bars doing about 65 first time out on no 7 on the way to scarborough,just building no 8 now just hope this one's a bit more lucky :bigsm:

freshly built

series 1 with pav by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr
when the old woman knocked me off in a yellow box cos she thought i jumped a red light

dead series 1 by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr

dead series 1 by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr

dead series 1 by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr
after i bought it back and stripped it

smashed series 1 by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr

smashed series 1 by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr
my leg which had ,multiple breaks in shin bone

my leg afterpin was inserted by mark & anne's photos, on Flickr

mark wrote: yellow box

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RICSPEED wrote:

mark wrote: yellow box

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5th April 1985 heading for Morcambe.
Broken femur (on handlebars). 7 months on traction, 12 months on crutches, just over 2 years off work. Leg hasn't been great since.
Some tw@7 in a van turned right as I was coming the other way.
Got bike back from insurance company. Engine ok (Polini 220), nothing else worth keeping

ouch that is bad , at least it was a vespa

ouch th