Was thinking today about those really fun days over half a century back. Were you one of the crowd that adored their Lambretta or Vespa...?  ????

I am a rural guy. Rode a scooter but no group affiliation.

Enjoyed watching them in Quadrophenia.  

I still am ... Ah you mean THAT kind of mod?

 

Nah, I'm just a splash too young. I was a hairy biker mind, black leathers, pony tail, well stacked blonde (I married her too) on the back, terrorising the sea front at Weston Super Mud on a summer weekend.

 

I  more fancied this :

 

 

I remember the mods versus rockers punch ups in Dudley

 

i was just too young but my older cousin was a rocker

 

 

4 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Enjoyed watching them in Quadrophenia.  

 

i still have the original Who album. the soundtrack to my teenage angst.

yes ,had a lambretta ,then a vespa ,had the parka with the fur on the hood , but never got into any fights boy was i a cool dude ,lived in London in the 60s , you would not believe the people i knew ,some became very famous ,  and i partyed with them???? long gone days,but many more were to come.

Was I a mod no..just a thoroughly decent..and modest..young man...now in my "Peter Pan" years but still fighting the ladies orf of me........

All before my time, old boy.  .

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, quake said:

All before my time. 

 

 

 

I hope you get better chum, just think positive.....

Jungle mods in the Philippines https://nextshark.com/filipino-tribe-wooden-bikes/

 

1 hour ago, transam said:

 

Looking at the picture. Was it required to be gay? Or do they just don't like girls?

 

Personally I always liked something like this.

 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Looking at the picture. Was it required to be gay? Or do they just don't like girls?

 

Personally I always liked something like this.

 

You obviously know nothing about the craze of that era , plus we rode our bikes facing forward....

14 minutes ago, transam said:

You obviously know nothing about the craze of that era , plus we rode our bikes facing forward....

I don't think it's the bike he's riding,it's the bike he's riding on!

You can't be a real mod without the lights and mirrors:

 

Little known fact:  Many of them grew up to be Thai bus drivers...

10 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

You can't be a real mod without the lights and mirrors:

 

Little known fact:  Many of them grew up to be Thai bus drivers...

There were two schools of thought regarding lights and mirrors, my click liked the clean look, no or few add ons....

I was a young deliquet biker got mixed with rockers at the Ace cafe & Busy Bee cafe, use to kick the Mods scooters over also kick em off the road riding pass. ????

Got into a few fights with em,  we thought they were queer as lots of em wore lipstick. 

15 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

You can't be a real mod without the lights and mirrors:

 

 

 

Parked outside the Employment Exchange. Hahaha

43 minutes ago, transam said:

You obviously know nothing about the craze of that era , plus we rode our bikes facing forward....

We had something similar when I was in school.

 

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

We had something similar when I was in school.

 

Which one is you....?  ????

Had to sell the blue bomber in 2005 after 13 years...still looked good. This was the second one I had; previously I had a white one I had for 7 years (found it abandoned on the side of the road, rehabilitated it and off I went). 

 

By the way, who in the hell would ever buy a Vespa automatic like they sell here now? 

Just now, transam said:

Which one is you....?  ????

I thought both are crazy. 

I was grease; and proud of it.

 

Mostly because I was always skink, and couldn't afford new clothes. But also because you only had to change your T-shirt once a week. And Jeans; once a month.

Still am - in my own small way

 

 

Slightly too young but definitely a hairy biker, still am, shame about the hair though...

Just now, canopus1969 said:

Still am - in my own small way

 

 

My last scoot was one of these, but it had copper plated side panels and a slick paint job....SS180..

 

Had both...a 1960 Vespa and BSA bike...

Guess you'd call going both ways..haha.

There was another scooter other that Vespa or Lambretta. Can't recall the name, but it was derided by the mod side, and laughed at by us.

 

Our meeting area was behind the Civic Center in Dagenham. Some of the more savvy boys quickly graduated onto ford cars. Some girls liked the back seat of the car rather than the bike.