Love it. Everything about it. The scooter… obviously. The riding stance… the boots… the helmet… the colour cast of the film stock… but most of all the jumper. Just love it.
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Category Archives: Lambretta Imagery
Me, on the way to work this morning…
Amazing what you find on Facebook… one of my pals snapped me riding through Laleham on the way to work. Nice to know my brake light works!
Candy coloured lammies
Just a simple shot of a brace of lammies… A TV and a couple of GP’s… but sometimes simple is best!
Blue Ashtray – the story of a Lambretta DL125 in NYC
So… the second New York post of the week… This one is a blog about the purchase and restoration of a Lambretta DL in “Mexican Ashtray Blue” in New York CIty. An image heavy blog, said images being really evocative of NYC… often shot with a twist of wry humour… it’s a great read, with great imagery. Check it out here, and added it to my growing Links page.
Girl on a Lambretta, NYC, 1965
Photograph by Joel Meyerowitz. From the Vintage Everyday blog.
Skippy rides pillion
Just a random image for my Australian readers…
Gabicci Photoset
I posted the Gabicci video back in July, here’s a second bite of the cherry, featuring images from the brochure. I’ve stripped out the pictures of the cool, skinny model dudes in mod influenced gear, and focused on the scooters. Personally, my memories of Gabicci are not as a mod brand, back in the day, but as a premier “Casual” (with a capital C) knitwear brand, worn alongside Lyle&Scot, Fila, Ellese, Farah and Lacoste. But then again, Casuals were basically that generations incarnation of Mods. (Discuss… can of worms opened!). Anyway, it’s one of those labels I would have avoided just on ideological grounds. But they’ve got some pretty decent looking clobber there, so if I was a few years younger, and a few stone lighter I’d give them a whirl. Probably.
Anyway, the scooters are courtesy of the New Originals scooter club, and they look bloody brilliant.
If it’s your cup of bovril, check out the Gabicci website here.
The Scooter Diaries
The Scooter Diaries
Great pic isn’t it?
It’s not the SLS (Special Lambretta Service)… It’s Ron Bowman, and his mate, about to set off on the journey of a lifetime.
In November of 1959, Ron Bowman quit his job as a newspaper reporter, sold his car and bought a 150cc Lambretta scooter. He intended to ride it from his hometown of Thorold, Ontario, Canada all the way to South America. As far as he knew, no one had ever made such a journey, but he was gong to try. Along the way, he proposed to his girlfriend of three weeks, and married her. This is the story of Ron and Tove Bowman and their epic adventure romance through Latin America on a motor scooter, during a time when such a journey was virtually unheard of. No crew. No support vehicles. Just two crazy Canadians in love on a Lambretta, discovering the world, discovering each other, and having the greatest adventure of their lives.
Their son, Gordon, recently found his dad’s manuscript and knew he wanted to share it with the world. He’s written a book and is planning to get it published through Kickstarter to crowd-fund it’s printing. He’s got a website with all the details, here and you can follow his progress on Facebook too. The Kickstarter page doesn’t appear to be up yet, but I’ll post a direct link to that too, when it is.
UPDATE:The Kickstarter page is now live, you can help make this book a reality HERE.
I’ve already added it to my Christmas reading list!
City transport
Following hot on the heels of that Apple Green SX outside Loftus Road, heres another lovely shot by davekpcv (Remember the Agarati Capri and the Routemaster bus?). Three guesses which team this lammie rider follows…
It’s all about the composition…
Nicely set up shot by Adrian Hawkins of his lovely lammie “Lottie”, otherwise known as Crazy Banana. Taken at the Humber Bridge, (you can see a glimpse of it in the background) earlier this month. Via The Mod Generation site.
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