Mods, Scooters, and Rallies of the early 1980s

[xpanderxt2]

what is the first song on the video?

I had a '57 Vespa 125 in 1982. We went to all the mod concerts in the Los Angeles area. great times.

[MnuityData]

Love VESPAS!

[rapidtightgroup]

I made the Skeg,Newark and Scarborough runs from your vid.....many many great memories....i lost all my photos after a house move a real disaster.my old club has now reformed and some of the old lads are meeting back up,best time of my life,thanks for the time and effort put in.KTF.....

[amoebaboy]

i was at the yarmouth rally, i took many pics of the same scoots.

i seem to remember a fashion at the time from some of the yorkshire lads, where they nicked a massive york lorry mudflap and stuck it on the back of their scoot.

[hobsonjs]

@amoebaboy

That's right many did have the massive (Tamla- Motown) truck mud-flaps. Thx for your note.

[Jackoddy]

oh my word, i was at all of these runs, wouldnt ride anything but a lamby then, but riding a p200e now!, due 2 lack of parts in the land of oz...brilliant brilliant days...

[reldditmot]

Takes me back, cheers..

[jrn420666]

whats the name of the second song

[hobsonjs]

@jrn420666

A Message to you Rudy, by The Specials

[dizzylizzy111]

Hey hobsonjs got told about this from your dad he's on the walking group i go on and we talk about the scooters he had in the day, been filling him with whats happening on the 1st May the Highland Scoot which might interest you but i think he said you'l miss it, anyway great vid and superb Northern

[arcadianshepherd]

slept in the cafe half way round...no headquarters.....hahahahaha...­loved them days.....

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[topmangaz]

Happy Times.

Topmangaz Aberdeen

P150x 1981-1985.

TS 125 1984 Chopped it up 'Utter Sacrelige'.

Wish I still had it.

[dadswizz]

the rally's back then were massive. wonder where all the scooters are. they cant all have been written off and scrapped . . i think everyone who has owned a scooter has spent all night at the cafe on Scarborough sea front at one time or another

[dizzyfergy]

Sure brings back the memorys

Paul Fergy

Lambretta GP200

Rothwell Crusaders SC

1982

Excellent

[CATTLEDOGwatchNsheep]

all the girls wanted to ride the scooter, remember creepers get-in pops wing tips, yea good times

[tonydam]

Great vid and scooters ,you might be intrested in my new video of The Frontier Batley ,yorkshire Scooter alliance tonydam

[stOOpid68]

posted on me birtday!! -gotta be good!!!

XLNT 4kn post hobs mate!!

Lee

Liverpool Mods.

[modernistify]

Any one remember all dayers at the Clifton Hall in Rotherham or functions in the Asssembly rooms mid 80s.

[imprezagl]

MODS!!!!!!!!!!! rule love this vid man

[bloodbruiser]

Brilliant thanks for the pics wish i still had all mine. anyone got 78 79 runs down south coast please post

[micheals1992]

back then you could buy a scooter for £300! now there like £1000+ and you used to get loads of free parts! i wish it was still like that now :(

[125or200px]

You are so lucky to have all this material to look back on.

Wish i had kept all the old photos of scoots,and the people.

Thankas for posting this,love the music,so many memories.

[ogdens67]

i recongised the airbrushed p200 at 2.59 and 3.13 im sure it was owned by a dude called ginger maybe kent area in 80s?

[hobsonjs]

Acturally that P200E, at 2:59, was owned by a guy called Mick Slater, Wakefield, West Yorks, during the early eighties. He may have sold it later on!

[dizzyfergy]

@hobsonjs Can confirm it was owned by Mick as i ran into the side of him on my Vespa 90 in scarbro 1982. I was with the Wakey scooter club ,then the Rothwell Crusaders . Paul Fergy

[Mariukasan]

wtf is this? LOL old fashion scooters! :) Love it

[TaraTownsend]

Thank you for posting. The music and scooters are absolutely brilliant!

[trickyxxx]

Thanks for the Newark memtion...? Oh what fun we had ...???

[punkonavespacutdown]

cool vid and very cool lammy cop (clip @ 1:38)

[laurasamad1]

Just spotted my old scooter, it's the blue vespa to the right of the lambretta 2 minutes into the video. Really miss those days.

[madjack08]

just found ye on u tube ye took mi bak to the greatest days of my life salute to all mods

[ched176]

Ahh Nostalgia, so depressing. My youth summed up in pics, was at yarmouth & scarborough in 83, wish i had took more pics.

Anyone got pics from rallies of a vespa px 125 reg tex107w.custom job Ub40`s "present arms" on panels & iron Maiden art work fast eddie etc.

[spritulist]

nice tunes...great scoots

[spritulist]

nice video mate nice one

[PWC1973]

Hi mate,

Just found this materpeice on YouTube and would love it if you could post your photo's on my:- English Scooter - Lambretta / Vespa.

Group if you would'nt mind it would be an honour..

Many thank's Homer....

[theuk7yahoo]

Nice one Hobsonjs. Good mixtures of scooters and top tunes.

[vespabronson]

nice 1 good old days eh look at amery scooter club we are nr wolverhampton cheers

[hobsonjs]

Took a look! You've got a lot of nice looking scooters.

Later,

J.

[chrisP3]

I was a scooter-boy cira 80s, I remember seeing feath spartans at skeggy in early 80s great days and memories,x-airedale sc..

[goldenspecial]

What was the fisrt track on this video???cheers "Goldenspecial"

[hobsonjs]

Hey Goldenspecial. Artist: Jimmy Ellis. Song: Puttin on Your Mind.

Later,

J.

[goldenspecial]

cheers ,great track