Scootering

We aren’t the Mods

The Mod revival of the late 1970s seemed the most natural and orthodox route into the scooter scene at that time. The catalyst for most was of course ‘that film’ which first lured people into the fashion, soon followed by scooter ownership. To be honest, they went hand in hand and were a reflection of true Mod culture from the 1960s, an adaptation from the pioneers of the previous decade. It was never going to be exactly the same, it couldn’t be as time changes everything.

The clothes were

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