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Pulverized TG300

Paul Batho, creator and owner of Felix the Pulverizer, describes how this marvellous machine came about… “I’m from Sheffield originally. My family moved to Durham when I was about seven. While a teen, I was smitten with the revival and the cool older Mods. I always wanted to be a Mod. This was the early 80s and the main Mod Revival had been and gone. Nevertheless, I got a white PK50, which did about 25 miles an hour and regularly got overtaken by Honda Melodies. But you still felt you were cool and part of something.

“I started going on rallies, Redcar in ’85 was my first one. I nicked off school on the Friday and went there again on the Saturday with a few mates from the City of Durham Scooter Club.

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