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SCOOTERLIFESTYLE: Book, Scooter Lifestyle |
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There has been plenty said and written about
scooters over the years but until now there has been no definitive look
at the culture surrounding our chosen way of life.
Many authors
have written about mods or the infamous and often over hyped beach
battles of the 1960s but hardly any have tried to capture the
atmosphere of the modern scene in print. We still owe the original mods
for fueling the imagination of past, present and future generations and
for leaving a rich scooter heritage behind them. Although the mod way
of life was the spark which lit the fuse for many of us, the majority
of scooter riders have evolved into lifestyle scooterists. We may not
dress in a particular style, our scooters may not be adorned with
lights and mirrors but we still burn with the same passion as our
scooter riding ancestors.
It is over sixty years since the
first Italian scooters rolled off the production lines but there is
still a buzzing and vibrant lifestyle with the humble scooter as its
nucleus. The small capacity machines have overtaken the lives of
thousands of us, often to the detriment of everything else we hold
dear. Careers, relationships and families have suffered for this
overwhelming and expensive addiction. An addiction to which there is no
cure.
We live and breathe the sickly sweet smell of synthetic
two stroke oil and worship at the altar of our chosen gods, Lambretta
and Vespa (or occasionally Gilera and Italjet). Our hands are
permanently ingrained with the oily tattoos of a thousand engine
rebuilds and our major organs have suffered the long term effects of
our hedonistic lifestyle. Including interviews with well known
Scootering personalities, over 150 color photographs of award winning
custom scooters, best selling scooter models, rallies and events. This
book is a must have for anyone interested in these fun machines.
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