so after reading some posts on hear, i ahve to say, i live my life far too much as a scooterist,
if i am not looking to get parts, i am working on a scooter, or on hear or opne of a mirriad of other scooter sites, spouting the shite and lieing about how fast my svx 275 went in the early 70's anf how i owned a scooter at just 10, and rode it on the road, dropping my dad off to work, before going on to school myself and parking in noddy holders parking space :blink:
you see it is all too easy, to do the scooter thing.
SO NEXT YEAR, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE YOUNG UN TO BANGER RACING, every now and again.
wot do you do, to leave scootering behind you once in a while. and go say pub, as if i go to the pub, i will end up talkin scooters....
OH P.S i all ready do internet porn for 10 min's a day, so not that either

bikes and racing, military vehicles and plenty of reading. Plus beer. ;)

My new love is Mini's. I bought my first one a few months ago (a 1275 SPI) and havn't had so much fun building something in years. The engines are a joy to work on, there is plenty of panel work to keep me busy and happy, the tuning opportunties are splendid and they have soul.

I'll have a pickup next. ;)

after work and then taking over the care of my daughter to be honest all i want to do is sleep - im heavily into collecting records - vinyl only, i dont really go out much these days - everyone i know has a young family so its a tad difficult sometimes.

Once January comes and the TV show 'Lost' comes back on - i will be happy for at least an hour a week.

If i can fit in the reading of a horror novel i will.

im a bit boring in my old age it seems.

Any free moment i get i go out on the scoot for a drive.

Thinkin about joining 1 of the Aberdeen based clubs - got 2 to choose from - both appear entirely different from the other.

in my yute, i had a 1275 gt, and the braking system, was innosenti sprit system. hahaha
i still have a vw bus, but the costs of doing any work on it, are astranomical.
need some where to pull the engine and rub it doon, and camo it. :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's an odd one, this. I stopped going to scooter rallies some years ago and didn't really miss it-I was very busy mountain biking and surfing at the time. Now, due to injuries and sewage i don't do either sport and now don't really have a hobby aside from the gym and my gay knitwear. I do find myself drinking too much of a weekend and sending too many drunken abusive texts to people.

Watching bands, Suffering at the Ricoh stadium as Coventry City masquerade as a football team,Fishing and reading books.

I try to read a good book once in a while but my main 'Life outside scootering' is my volunteer work. I am on the committee for a small entirely volunteer run registered dog charity who finds homes for old dogs across the UK. I used to be the chair and fostering coordinator but due to my 'normal work load' had to take a step back and now I am the PR Coordinator trying to get our name out there.

So if anyone wants to help in some way be it poster hanging, helping transporting dogs to their new foster homes and safety or even foster/adopting one of our dogs, or maybe make a donation/buy some of our merchandise to help funding us, here our website where you get all the info you need www.oldies.org.uk

Thank you :)

Taken up gym, going 5 times a week, dropped out of weekly local club meets and dropped out of drinking every day. Trying to get my shit together for when I'll be allowed to see my nippers again - aside from that, have two bands on the go and an insatiable girlfriend so life is very good :love Still ride the shit -heap shopping trolley every single day and love it and will be back on rallys next year, just more selective about it - only longer distance jaunts such as Kelso and some of them norvern ones where they all drink flat bitter! Over the winter, will be buying another shit heap - this time a motorbike, so I can do improvements to the PX. :easyrider

Chocolate Biscuits :wub:

apart from my 2 kids the only thing that means anything to me are scooters and leeds united .....its always a difficult choice for me ...follow leeds away or go on a rally or do ....tend to lean more to the rallys now ....but in mi youth it was leeds always for first choice ....unless of course its a trip to millwall ...that beats any rally ...

id say chelsea or scum aswell but its gonna be a while before going there again ....

ive took a few old dogs in misen ......

One of the reasons I took a year out this year was to re-evalate my life, to reassess my priorities and to see how I'd survive off the scene as it had completely taken over my life... if it wasn't a rally, it was fixing a scooter, or DJing, or doing the sideline, or sitting on here chatting, or....
It'd got too much and I needed a break to see if I could walk away from it all completely.


See you all at rallies next year! :D :D :D :D





(Leigh Centurions RLC, music collecting and listening, reading - especially science fiction -, the radio station thingy and spending as much time with the two loves of my life, Fiona and my son, if you really want to know. And not even close to in that order!)

me new mk3 polo (lowered 70mm)
and vw scene in general
hot rods,traditional not trailor queen street rods
psychobilly rockabilly
vinyl
scouring shops like T K Maxx for vintage denim and other related stuff
vintage home wares
and ofcourse my pinstriping

2 or 4 legged ones? :banging

depends how many beers ive had ....if ive been on jack daniels ....nowts safe ...

:lol: :lol: Evil stuff Jack Daniels :lol:

I don't do football or any other spectator sport. I've given up on buying any music but still listen to some soul in the bath. I do read the odd book and crossword. I work full time and get paid to ride my scoot about Stockport.

So apart from my family all I really do is Scooters.

Riding, fixing, rallying and tinkering with projects in the garage (when I'm not in front of the box with a beer), the odd ride out and a weekly meet in the pub with some Scooter boys.

I'm happy with my simple life and thats the way I like it.

And don't i know it. -_-

I once ended sitting at Giants Ring with a coven of witches after drinking Jack Daniels.

They were very nice people, and seemed quite taken with me. :angel:








The Giants Ring is my favourate place for a bit of calm and solitude.

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i was a raver before i was a scooterboy and these days im back to doing more raves than rallys and loving it

Playing Rugby, watching the mighty Wasps play Rugby and riding my 1200 Bandit at stupid speeds on a Sunday morning. B)

Motorbikes and following the REAL ROAD RACING around northern and southern Ireland and the Isle of Man :D

i used to kick around with martin finnigan when i lived in dublin
got some great tunning tips off his mechanic

after selling my GP late last year i bought a big posh as fuck static caravan near holmes chapel (cheshire) and have started going fishing again,theres a lake on the site and loads more nearby, and ive nearly been there all the time since easter, its quiet,no idiots anywhere (apart from me :lol: ) and im slowly doing up another GP there which should be finished for next years rallies :)

Yes, I knew Finbar very well and it was sad too loose him too Road Racing. The Flying Finn No 45 :D

thats him my mates dad was in his pit crew thats how i got to know him

Stephen Davison will launch his new book Flying Finn, a tribute to the late great Martin Finnegan at two special Martin Finnegan Days.
The first of these special events will be held on Saturday, 3rd October at St MacCullin's Round Tower Centre in Lusk village and will run from 11am to 5pm.
The second will be held on Sunday, 11th October in the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre in Ballymoney and will run from 1pm until 5pm. (Please note the Ballymoney date is different from previously published information)


On both days a full line up of Martin's racing bikes- the Round Tower Suzuki, the Danfay Yamaha, the recently acquired Vitrans Honda, the Klaffi Honda, the JMF Yamaha and the beautiful MV Agusta F4- will be on display courtesy of the Martin Finnegan Supporters' Club. There will also be a display of mini moto machines painted in the same livery.
Alongside the bikes will be a photographic display of many of the highlights and behind the scene moments from Martin's spectacular career.
Members of the Finnegan family will also be in attendance and it is hoped that there will be some of Martin's former racing rivals present as well.
Flying Finn will be on sale on both days and the author, Stephen Davison will be present to sign copies.


Did anyone go?

Got the TA and going away in the campervan mind you just moving into a flat that needs a bit of fixing up not done any scootering for nearly 2 years do miss it but not a lot will need to sort out the scooters for next year though. Plus winters coming time to dig out a few 1/35 model kits ;jaw

no i didnt but it was rush that i lived in the next town over from lusk


great roads round there dangerous but good
i used to do the skerries course as my sunday morning ride

other than scootering i work and spend as much time with my nephews as is possible! castles, forts, woods the works. we go everywhere we can and are all excited about the motorhome :D

Working on classic minis (3 at the moment) when i can get at them
and doing living history shows dressed as a wehrmacht soldier which i have done since getting out of scoots 18 years ago

I Spent 10 years away from the scene busy living with someone then splitting up then getting married then getting divorced worst 10 years of my life. Came back in 2003 and never looked back. Life without the scooter scene is just SHIT

















And got married again to my lovley wife :cheerup

All my mates back home went down for it as they where close too Finbar :(

out of scootering i actually behave quite normal....ok you got mi im exactly the same like a great man once said..why be normal..im sure it wer shaun rider :rolleyes:

all you need is a good women and good pals and you got it made wynn ;)

Skerries road circuit is one of the best and has a big fan base, I had the Carrowdore 100 on my doorstep and even though it was dangerous at certain places it brought a hugh grin on my face when I rode it. :D

apart from workin in me dead end job and talking bollox on here .... nope :mellow:

one of you cnuts kicked me down the stairs of fulham braodway tube station, in 81 you'ld taken the t/s and the c18/h/hunters sent in the juniors, to be cannon fodder. :lol: i copped one right in the mooee and woke up next morning in hospital.
we had been sent charging up the stairs. lol

well o nthat note, 4 projects on the go. and at least 2 to put back on the road as they fell off spring summer 09. just found brian the snail a dragster for 450, so that will be needing some work,he recons he is going to chopper it.
so i dow't i;ll be stopping any time soon, but i must say this season maybe 8 rallies, last year i did 8 by june. :lol:

See a few of you count the gym as a hobby well since I work in a gym the last thing I want to do in my spare time is jump on a treadmill or lift weights. Alhough I hate gyms my main passion is martial arts/combat sports. Up until about 10 weeks ago I trained boxing, grapling and juijitsu 2/3 times a week to compete and to keep me generally fit and healthy. Unfortunately 10 weeks ago during a grapling/sparring session me and everyone else training heard a loud audioable pop. It was my knee I have ruptured my cruciate ligament it has completely snapped and I have got to have surgery soon which means I will not be able to do any serious training for around a year ;jaw