Owning a classic custom is a tricky business and choosing to preserve or update it is just one of the challenges. In the case of Hellbound, fate played the deciding hand.
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Author: Shannon Butcher
Shannon Butcher is an editorial contributor who has a Journalism degree from the University of Lincoln. When she’s not creating content she can be found visiting many of the UK's beautiful countryside locations with her dog, Pilot.
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Basilicata
The common image of anything Italian is to think about it in a romantic and glamorous light. Is that the case everywhere in Italy? Perhaps each has its own undiscovered unique charm.
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Kintsugi: Strength and beauty in imperfection
Scootering’s ‘Show Us Your Scoots’ pages are a real source of inspiration. I think many readers probably noticed the lovely black and white photograph in edition 390 (Dec 2018). It depicted five Lambrettas ordered by plate number.
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Still on song
Our man Rik Bardsley lands an interview with ‘the democratic dictator’ Chris Pope of The Chords UK at The Waterloo in Blackpool.
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Project Poland: Man Down
The Quattrini’s running perfectly, the Vespa’s had a rebuild and the TS1’s ready for the off. Unfortunately Stan isn’t.
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Not so secret service
The Vespa wide frame is a mystery to most British riders, but as Stan discovered, Wessex Scooters are determined to bring it out of the shadows.
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Dave’s Nostalgic Custom Corner
DTC are usually associated with Lambretta, but this beautiful beast breaks that mould, and delivers an interesting 80s classic.
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Mythically Marvelous Machine
Are the 80s replacing the 60s and 70s as a major source of retrospective inspiration for custom scooter builders?
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Little Rascal: A ground-breaking scooter
Little Rascal was developed in the early 80s and caused a stir when it first appeared on the scene. Somehow it’s a scooter which has a special place in a lot of people’s hearts, and one of those people in particular who was infected with its love was Jim Lockwood.
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Keeping it in the family
When Mark Broadhurst’s business hit hard times, he was doing his best to keep things going and not lose the lot.
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