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Roll Out the Barrel

“While no one’s claiming that this is a slavish reproduction of the original Watneys LD, it is a superb tribute – not just to that machine but to an era that has long since passed.”

Just as it seems every avenue of scooter history has been explored, and exploited, along comes something completely different. The combo displayed here for your delight is the product of a collaboration between sidecar enthusiast Lee Willis and the fertile imagination of Keith Newman of K2 Customs. This isn’t the first project the pair have worked on together, Lee’s lovely cream and gold Series 1 and Watsonian combo graced our pages a few years ago and Keith is regularly called upon to fettle on one or other of Lee’s collection.

The inspiration for this machine came when Lee stumbled across

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