Scootering

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Every scooterist has a story to tell about their introduction to scooters but for Graeme Lake, who runs Cornwall Scooter Centre with business partner Roland Rudd, it has a very West Country feel. “Quadrophenia had just been released and predictably it had a huge influence on all the lads in the village,” he began. “We all wanted a scooter and fortunately there was one on hand, a Vespa 90. It just ‘lived’ in the village. No one knew where it had come from or who owned it. I’d take it for a spin,

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