With our history, we would be the last people to ask in regards to restoring a scooter. Back in the UK between myself, Bobbie Kent, John Brown and Dave Watkins, we would cut, chop and metal flake anything we could get our hands on, as far as we were concerned making it fast was the only thing to do, making it original was what you made it. People asked when I was younger, are you a Mod Dave or a Rocker, I replied I’m a MOCKER….simply because all we wanted to do was ride anything and make it fast. Times have changed and in our eye it’s sad that so many enthusiasts put so much time into making scooters a nuts and bolts original. I have nothing but respect for the people that do this, I spent most of my painting years restoring Jags, MG’s and Stags but rather than killing the cult, restoring Morris Minors would be a better past time for these kind of people. There is nothing original about painfully making a Vespa or Lambretta original as it left the factory, the Mods and Rocker scene was nothing to do with that at all. Let’s face it the Italians may have invented the things but the British were the ones that set the trend, made the music, made the clothes and chose to ride scooters … that’s a MOD. Make it your own and enjoy the ride, because it’s over before you know it.

We took some Exile bikes I built to a show, after packing up a guy came and said are you not doing the burnout show, having the bike on the back of the ute I just got a mate to drive it around while I did the burnout on the back of the ute…….one way to screw a tyre and the ute tray …..But saying that I’ve never choked so many bikers all in one go, 2000cc of pure smoke…...