Mod or Rocker?

[threebikesmcginty]

47 rockers, 35 mods - you poncey mod boys are in for a good hard kicking!

 

[Radchenister]

Me n the Mrs Rad' circa '98 ... wore a Parka in the 70's, into Ska, Specials and Joy Division soon after and owned a few proper road bikes in the 90's - does that make me a MOD with Rocker tendencies (confused)?

 

[Archie_tect]

I can't purge the thought they look like poor quality tin-plate toys masking sewing machine engines with Lada wheels and brakes.

 

[Radchenister]

Just think of them as Skateboards with a seat if it helps - a bit of fun but not really meant to travel on.

 

[Fnaar]

This is what happens to mods though...
you leave your house, ready to scoot to work down the gasworks, and there's a flipping Italian woman sat on your Vespa!

 

[Fab Foodie]

I see Vespa are making the PX again in 125 and 150cc.
http://www.uk.vespa.com/#/vespa/UK/uk/Model/Vespa-PX
Anybody know if they're any good or poor imitations of their earlier counterparts.
I had been toying with an LML star when my ship comes in.
http://www.buzzsolomoto.co.uk/Lmlscooters.asp

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Rocker, something European with a V twin motor, boxer at a push.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Rocker, something European with a V twin motor, boxer at a push.

 

[byegad]

Me n the Mrs Rad' circa '98 ... wore a Parka in the 70's, into Ska, Specials and Joy Division soon after and owned a few proper road bikes in the 90's - does that make me a MOD with Rocker tendencies (confused)?

No. It shows a mod who came to his senses.

 

[Fnaar]

How about the worst of both worlds, with a chopper-ised Lambretta?

 

[Fnaar]

Dahlink, would you like me polish your hubs?

 

[Fnaar]

Hey, I'm off to Jazzville. Check you later, cats.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Question time:-
Who is that at the back the one with the beard?
I know the rest. Keith Relf, Eric Clapton, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, ?

Maybe a manager? There was no time the group had 6 members in the 60s so far as I know.

Update: I am pretty sure it is Giorgio Gomelsky, who owned the Crawdaddy Club in London and managed The Yardbirds along with many other great groups in the mid-60s. Here's another pic I found of him in the 60s.

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 2319629, member: 45"]They stopped making them a few years ago because of the emissions. They've now got a new engine presumably with compromised performance, and they're now stupidly expensive. The LMLs are quicker I believe.[/quote]
Ta.
And LML do a 4 stroke too.
I saw this and I'm in love, just what I'm after:

 

[Archie_tect]

Is that brand new FF?