





I can't remember whether I can get onto one of these without raising the seat by a fair bit, but that's the thing, there's no roof in the way. I liked the idea of the scooter as it was a European market only 25cc model that had all the acceleration of a really old, sick tortoise that had lost its ability to run away from a person with a can opener in their hand. The first time I ever drove a scooter was on my school German exchange trip back in 1979. My host family in Voerde owned one and offered it to me for getting around in their locality, I found a short cut through a forest and that wee scooter was great fun to powerslide around on the loose ground. I say "power" slide but it felt like it to me, especially as fifteen year olds can buy booze over there without having their collars felt by the local rozzers, meaning that I spent much of the fortnight bladdered. That's probably why I'm not much of a drinker these days.

