Thursday, 21 February 2013

Isle of Wight Scooter Rally 1989

Well this was a shock, the first official NSRA scooter run of 1989 was The Isle of Wight and it was in March! Apparently it was the only time the Island 'powers that be' would even entertain it. By this time the August bank holiday was now reserved for the official 'Mod Rally' organised by 'Torch Promotions' I believe and was attended by a smaller, slightly older, better behaved, and less grubby group of people who also rode scooters but not ones like 'Hell Raiser' below! They also stayed in B&B's (as no smart mod would be living out of a tent) so no campsite was needed and they also had money (not just enough for petrol, 24 cans of cheap beer and a packet of crisps) so the local council was fine with this situation. It would be quite a few years before the IOW (Inter-) National Scooter Rally would get it's rightful spot back on the calender. The official 'Mod Weekender' is now in Brighton on the same weekend.








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