Remembrance Day Scooter Run 2020

Several years ago I attended the first Remembrance Day scooter run. The organizing club had expected maybe fifty or sixty people would attend, however, more than a hundred people came. It was a great event and so the South Side Scooter Club has run the event ever since.

Not an 'early Lambretta' but my East German IWL Troll. It always causes some confusion.

A very good turn out as always, with a wide variety of machines and styles on display.

A very rare Durkopp Diana on the left and an early Lambretta

A fine pair of 1950s machinery

Lambretta

The ubiquitous Vespa

Lambrettas with all the trimmings

Vespa and sidecar. The passenger in this case is a lovely Alsatian dog

View over the field

Lambretta LIs

Clancy's Fish Pub is both the start and end

Formalities done, the crowd prepares to depart

A fine Fremantle morning

After the run, Richard (Durkopp) and I stopped for coffee at the usual Freo hangout - B-Shed Cafe

Not a scooter - Ron's BSA Lightning Clubman

Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/100000168514630/videos/4116153395066904/

South Side Scooterist's page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/494277337598929

Remembrance Day Scooter Ride 2017

It's been several years since I've taken the Troll out for a run, but on 12 November there was a scooter run in Fremantle. The 12th was my birthday and that alone was good enough reason to pull the beast out of the shed and hit the road.

Despite not having been ridden in two years the Troll fired straight up and needed little more than a quick lube here and there.

The Remembrance Run was organized by South Side Scooters and they did a great job of spreading the word across the scootering community. The event even got a write up in the local paper. https://communitynews.com.au/fremantle-gazette/news/perth-scooter-gathering-and-poppy-run-to-see-south-side-scooterists-pay-remembrance-respects/

Several SIVA members and fellow travelers attended. Ron De Pannone on his Lambretta Li, Andy Montgomery on this Vespa 150, James Long on his Honda Spacey, Tony Wong on his Lambretta LD and Greg Eastwood on his Heinkel Tourist.

Tony's lovely Lambretta LD. The oldest scooter on the run.



The Troll - solid and reliable like a Soviet tractor and just as pretty.

Greg's Heinkel Tourist is a thing of beauty

While James' Honda Spacey is.... 'uniquely styled.' But it is way more powerful and reliable than the Vespas and Lambrettas.

124 scooters attended - a fantastic turnout!

The route took us along the coast to Cottesloe, then through Mosman Park and back to Fremantle.





Getting started ready for wind resistance



One of Tony Wong's cool photos. All the stylish photos in this post are his.

Great photos from Mark Nagle.

See link to his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/PhotographyByMarkNangle/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1125112197624289




The Troll ran extremely well, although I was at the back of the pack most of the run. Quite a few Lambrettas stalled along the way (probably weighed down with all the surplus mirrors). Old fuel was the common complaint.

Andy and James

Greg on the Heinkel. Gotta love the helmet.


I made it all the way back to Fremantle without incident but Greg's Heinkel stopped running about 100 metres from the end point while we were waiting for the stragglers to catch up. I stuck around for a while to help him out before I headed home. It was a great start to my birthday.

Greg pushes the Heinkel the last 100 metres. Lesson for the future - never switch off your engine!

Tony W as 'tail gun Charlie'

A brief video of the start.

All Italian Car, Motorcycle & Scooter Day, 2011

Sunday 27th February was the annual Rotary Club All Italian Car, Motorbike and Scooter show. It was held again at Mulberry Farm Convention Centre in Caversham in the Swan Valley. I think there was a lower turnout this year, probably due to the heat. It hit a stinking 38c at 2pm - and that was in the shade!

Here are some photos of the motorcycles and scooters. There'll be a separate post for the cars following.

Some of the regulars from Paradise Lost Scooter Club flew the flag.

I am especially fond of this beautifully restored Lambretta TV175. I think the naturalistic restoration gives it an understated grace.

Another very pleasant Lambretta.

As always, the Ducatti Club was out in force.

This Ducatti Greenframe had its own tent. A very nice machine and a very proud owner.

This lightweight looks more MV Agusta than Ducatti.

My favourite bike of the day - 1949 Moto Guzzi ex-army surplus.
Benelli 6-cylinder ("let's stick a car engine in this bike..")