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Good Times

It doesn’t take much time in Gary and Lisa’s company to realise that they’re still the same, happy pair of scooterists who rode the length and breadth of the UK all those years ago.

If Gary’s name sounds familiar then you’re probably harking back to the days of the National Scooter Riders’ Association, forerunner of the BSRA and of which Gary was for a time the chair. Before moving on to the PX and Royal Alloy we see resplendent in all their Ferrari inspired glory before us, it’s probably worth explaining how a Scooterboy from the 80s ends up being a serial Ferrari owner. It’s certainly not the ‘spoilt rich boy’ tale I expected to hear when the story first came across my desk. Had the stars aligned differently it’s a story that could have applied to any of us and as it’s so critical to understanding how these scooters came to

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