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Thanks Mark, it was a nice ride, Lamy's up on the lift again for a while, stator, CDi or something not right & having the legshields painted.

Worse than that, they changed the timing of the bombardment but didn't communicate that to the landing party who were storming the beach when the naval guns opened up! the whole disaster was covered up for years. There's a lot of info about it, just search OPERATION TIGER.

Cheers Mark, yes it's a lovely place for sure, I rode the same run again on Tuesday with a couple of good friends, we took our Vespa's, my GTV 250ie & Glyn's GTS 300 with the wives. we had a big fryup at the Boatyard Cafe in Millbrook, on to the pub in Cremell for a cold one, & then up over Whitsands Cliff road on the way home. The little shop is still there & there's a nice cafe at the top of the cliff path. Glad your enjoying the vids. John.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for your comments, Chequered Flag is a really nice café now, much used by bikers.

Thanks Mark, yes I'm lucky to live here, so many great places to ride to with some good mates too.

Hello, it's a VE supplied screen with a Halfords chrome trim added, I binned the awful clamp brackets & mounted it with under slung mounts with longer head set bolts, it's a much tidier look, as for protection, well just a little bit really, I just like the look of a fly screen on a Mod Scooter.

@@johnwilcox8883 yes back in 1970 I had a tall screen which was pretty good at keeping the wind and rain off but rattled like hell lol

Thanks Mike, (I'm guessing your the Mike Weston member of the band) I'll be outside Really Good Records when it opens, & like 'Backlash' I'll have the first one out of the box. I heard recently that we've lost Bob, very sad, he was a real talent & that Keyboard & Harmonica sound is still in my heart today. Like it says in the Blues Brothers, you had a sound that'd turn goats piss into gasoline! Hope your well & thanks for the music.

@@johnwilcox8883 hi yep I'm a betterday the Anthology is easily orded on the internet as cherry 🍒 red \grapefruit is a large independent record label and I'm not sure that really good records will stock it out 18th March

@@johnwilcox8883 I got a live recordings from the quay club set in August 1964 terrible quality spent some time searching for some engineering genius who could make it at least listenable found one! Its gritty rough and raw and a lot missing from the actual live performance due to the inadequacy of the simple mike and basic tape recorder but its the best that could be done with the latest modern equipment the Anthology is called HUSH YOUR MOUTH

@@michaelweston3177 Thanks Mike, I'll be getting one, be good to hear your driving Bass again, you were the engine room after all. Such great memories, I was still at school when I first went down the Quay Club, The Betterdays were the sound of my youth.

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Ha. that'd be Greme Lake's scoot from Cornwall Scooter Centre, don't let it's looks fool you, it has one hell of a motor, mechanically perfect, rides many miles on it. I think it's called Mr. Rusty.

Got it on the dyno in Bridgewater last week, he got it as good as he could but it runs out of puff on every hill unless I rev the nuts off it, I think it's the new BGM V4 pipe Iv'e fitted, it's strangling the life out of the kit .

Thanks, coming from you that's praise indeed.

It's true we favour Lambrettas but we do have a few nice Vespas in the group, theres a PX lookalike LML Star 125 with a 185 kit, very fast & light, a beautiful GS 160 all original & a real looker, I have a GTV 250ie, we have two GTS 300's, one RA 300 (like a series 2) all of the autos are back up bikes & all the owners have one or more classics too. Cheers, John.

Cheers, it's a great rideout, trouble is when I get there I could sit outside the cafe with a drink & settle in for the day, it's a beautiful spot.

Well, I was a Mod in the 60's, I'm riding now pretty much what I was riding in 1966, I like the light Mod style scooter, I don't like christmas tree over the top scoots or race paint jobs on road scoots I also dislike murals & engraving on scoots but I wouldn't criticise any of the above or have the front to think it's ok to do so ! each to their own eh, if you like it, ride it, I like Mod & that'll do fer me.

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Glad you liked it, the spec varies throughout the video because it made up of odd bits filmed over about five years, it's a 'Bitsa' LI 150 frame, SX 200 panels, Indian GP 200 motor with a Mugello 225 kit, BGM 58/110 crank, MB Big Box V3 pipe, Dellorto PHBH 26mm with Ramair foam filter. in some scenes it has a 30mm OKO PWK carb & a Scoot RS expansion pipe, some times I was running with an Agusto 6000 ignition retarder so it varies. Sorry I can't be more specific. John.

Ah. a snippet of conversation picked up as I passed by, yes, King Billy or Royal William, but good enough for giving someone directions to a cafe'.

I'm in Cornwall UK close to the Devon border.

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Thanks, glad you liked it, 2020 wasn't so good of course but we did make it, POMS on tour, well four of us..

@@johnwilcox8883 In fact all the videos are great ..we have watched most ... might see you around

Not much knowledge of the Douglas Vespa from our lot, best they've come up with is Beedspeed or SIP in Germany.

Glad you like the vids Nigel, I'll ask the lads that run Vespas if they know where/how to sort your key problem, what model is it? John.