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The King is Dead Long Live the King

I vividly remember buying my first brand new PX200E. It was August 1984 and its red paint shone in the sunshine outside Ron Harvey’s in Leeds. With some cash in hand, plus a loan from my dad for the balance, and a slip showing I’d recently acquired a full motorcycle licence, ordering it was one of the most exciting days of my life to date. I’ve had many scooters since then but there was always something special about that brand new PX200E, something that’s been impossible to recreate. Until now…

When’s a PX200E not a PX200E?

“Let’s get one thing out of the way,” began Martin Daley, creator of these Ron Daley Specials, “the frame came from Pontedera as a PX125 and that’s what it’ll always be. What we’ve

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