ABOUT SUMS IT UP Part 1 (1980s) SCOOTER RALLIES  

Couldn’t beat it back then and still loving it today 😊

Fantastic video, fantastic times 😊

Glorious days, weekends,,, memorys that will LAST a LIFETIME,, LONG LIVE THE SCOOTERBOYS,,

Brilliant.....Best days of our lives....livin for the weekend.

I was there from 78, and still at it today.

Best years of my life and still riding a Lambretta! Fantastic photos without a twist and go in sight

Just seen this..wow now that bought some memory’s back. After 30 years with out a scooter. I am now back on the road with a 180ss Happy Days

My first rally was Scarborough 1981" which was Outstanding, Then went to nearly most main Rallys for the next 5yrs, Best years of my life, Had so much fun" and for me mt All time favourite Rally has to be IOW 1983 and 1984 where there was easy 10k+ scooters, and the Hottest too, Coldest must of been Dunbar 1984, (frozen cables and fingers), Inland rally Newark 1984 was great too, Anyway one could go on and on i guess,!! Many thanks Mick for the share" and keep on Keepin On Scootering," and God Bless to those that are no longer with us, 🙏✊PATCH✊

A very well put together collection of photo's, and the music went well with it to. It reminds me of the late 80's and early 90's underground rave scene to, which brings back some good memories !

Fantastic photos i loved the 80s runs we had no money but lots of enthusiasm. Loved the Armando special i could only dream about owning one

Crazy time in my life and brilliant memories

loved 80s rallies ,especially isle of wight. 2 up on L plates using a borrowed full license, on your ....ahem.. 125????? 225cc with 28mm amal carb sucking in rain,and over kickstart fresco and tuning shop stickers all over it, or 'restricted' 50??? special vespa keeping up with everyone else doing 60mph,police checkpoints, knife and weapon amnesty bins when you got off the ferry, and going to the campsite,piss wet thru, with no tent and just about enough money for fuel on way back on sunday,knowing that if you ran out 130 miles from home it didnt matter ,cus you had no job to get to on monday anyway. Wank at the time but great memories now. The 80s rallies were a bit tense and had that feeling of, 'This is fucking great, but it can all go tits up,just like that', wouldnt change those memories if i could though. Nostalgia is never as cold ,wet and hungry as it was when you were there . Great vid, great times.

i was into motor cycles, met a great guy at work (1985) into his cooters. I was amazed at the skill and design in some of them, saw my first Lambazki, Lambretta with a Kawasaki engine. Also i have always like two tone....

Greatimes- scooters cost next to nothing compared to now. No cheque book Charlie’s like now - just youth and lots of fun

Moved onto classic bikes but loved my mis-spent youth!

We laughed we did.....🙌

I remember the big fella with the chop.... First Chopped Lambretta I'd ever seen.. ✨

Great days 👌

I'm impressed by how well worn and basic some of these scooters are......truly testament to a movement which celebrated the people, fun and good times. I've never owned one but I always thought the whole scooter vibe was so cool.......not about speed or spending excessive amounts of money. The only "mods" in those days were the dudes that rode the scooters!

Thanks! I was just about 30 when these pics were taken -- perhaps a tad older than many of the folks in the photos. There was no scene like that where I'm originally from -- Mississippi in the U.S. -- but I actually do relate. Thanks, too, for turning me on to the Jesse Gallagher tune (I downloaded the album). A terrific, if somewhat correctly eerie, soundtrack for the images.

Selection. Thank You. . Restriction 2 Marshall.

Loved that

thats how i remember the scooter scene , a lot of the scooters were wrecks but still got you to where you were going,

NOICE

I did almost every rally from 82-86

Change the music sounds terrible like a wake

who chose the god damn music ffs

Who remembers Bingley Hall bham every Sunday magic days then meet in cafe play space invaders head of to Evesham etc

Wonderful.... Background music a bit different, but suits it, great days