Just Motor Scooters

Review

Rating: 6

Much has been written about scooters over the years, but only recently has there has been a definitive look at the culture surrounding the ‘motor scooter’ way of life.

Many authors have written about the often over-hyped beach battles of the 1960’s. But none have attempted to capture the atmosphere of today’s motor scooter scene in print. We owe the original ’scooter fanatics’ for fueling the imagination of past, present and future generations and for leaving a rich scooter heritage behind them.

Although the scooter, or ‘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’s 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 motor scooter as its nucleus. These small capacity transport 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 scooter 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 ‘tattoo’s’ of a thousand scooter engine rebuilds. And our major organs have suffered the long term effects of our hedonistic scooter 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. And it’s a gorgeous and captivating coffee table book for even those not interested in cavorting around the town on a motor scooter.