Scootering

Hungry Heart

John Knott has always wanted to build, own and ride a ‘full-blown’ show standard custom scooter, a desire which has been with him since his first scooter rally experience, Blackpool 1980. Although ‘Knotty’ has been an active scooterist for 40+ years, he didn’t begin work on realising that particular long-held desire until early 2019. Alongside scooters Knotty has another passion, which he has utilised as the subject theme for his custom Lambretta, that being the prolific musical output of American musician Bruce Springsteen, aka The Boss. Which coincidentally is the name that has been chosen and bestowed on his custom creation. Murals, sign-written song titles and lyrics are laid over an in-keeping base paint coat,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Scootering

Scootering4 min read
PIAGGIO BY POST: The Sears & Roebuck Allstate Vespa
Way back when I was a lad, my mum, along with holding down a regular full-time job, also used to be an Avon lady... Ding Dong! Mum would also host Tupperware parties; I can remember pushing the fake gold plated and smoked glass hostess trolley the tw
Scootering6 min read
By Royal Alloy Appointment
There’s no point beating around the bush, I’ve been equally as apprehensive about this part of the project as I have been looking forward to it. Everyone likes a big-bore kit, what’s not to like, but I‘m a two-stroke man to the core and this will be
Scootering1 min read
Moving Targets: Rennie Innocenti
This is a bit of a strange book on many counts. Despite weighing in at less than a hundred pages, it manages to pack in an authentic-feeling tale of the rise and fall of a scooter club in the early to mid 80s, a love story, a murder, poetry and a tal

Related Books & Audiobooks