Scootering

All I Desire

TASTEFUL, BUT SEDUCTIVE

Ross Joannides, now 52, is originally from Watford; he’s moved several times since, but still lives close to the town of his youth and from where his love of scootering began. This was the usual combination of being part of the Quadrophenia generation (just about), but probably more influenced by his older brother, Costas, who was into the scene.

As a youngster, Ross attended his first rally in Western-super-Mare in 1984. He got his first scooter at the age of 16, a Vespa P125E which was a hand-me-down from Costas – what a brother! This would have been around 1986-1987 and kick-started a love for the P Range machines from that time onwards. Since then, Ross has owned several, including a nice standard P200E and a T5 which was

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