Scootering

The ugly duckling which took to water...

Searching in the loft for old photos, I rediscovered many of my old scooter mags, articles, expired passports, and documents that I thought worth keeping at the time. Among these I found an old log book that I hadn’t bothered to surrender as I was the last registered owner. It bought to mind the circumstances of the untimely demise of my Iso Milano… The Iso styling was a cross between a LI S2 and a Vespa. Although I only weighed eight stone and it could keep up with my pals riding Lambrettas

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