Following on from our previous post…
The owner and creator of this scooter was one Bryn Owen from Market Bosworth near Leicester. His humble Vespa 50 Special (apparently fitted with a 100cc engine, presumably to carry the excess weight of the accessories!) created quite a stir back in the early 1980s, with first the Leicester Mercury, then the national press picking up on the story of him and his scooter.
It wasn’t long before the bright lights of London called by way of the BBC too, as many a young Mod/ scooterist may well recall from those days.
You can read more of Bryn’s story here on the Mercury’s website.
A quick trawl of the internet and we also came up with this bit of footage of Bryn and his Vespa on BBC TV’s Blue Peter show back in the 1980s.
Enjoy…