Last June I was in Boston at the tail-end of a 3 month trip around the United States of America (and a bit of Canada) and I met up with some chaps from the Boston Stranglers S.C.. I’d meant to hook up with a few different stateside scooter clubs while on this tour but didn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Dan Bowen'
Where everyone knows your name
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Dan Bowen
Tags:Boston Stranglers·Jon 'Roadkill' Rhodes·Metropolis Scooters
Scatter
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Dan Bowen
Recently a number of fellow Lyons (including our most famous member, Mani of Stone Roses and Primal Scream fame) were jammy enough to make it on to the set of Channel 4’s Shameless as extras in an episode with a mod vs rockers theme. If I hadn’t been busy gallivanting I might have got in [...]
Tags:manchester lyons·mods·rockers·shameless
Museo Piaggio
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Dan Bowen, on the road, piaggio
A few months back during my 4 month tour of Europe (not on 2 wheels) I found myself in Tuscany armed with the information that the Piaggio Museum wasn’t much over half an hour away via the train from Florence where I was staying, result.
It’s situated on the grounds of the factory in Pontedera and [...]
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I’ll take the high road, and you’ll take the low road
January 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Dan Bowen, on the road
Hello fellow scooterists,
I’m Dan, a keen scooter enthusiast and member of Manchester Lyons S.C.. The folks at Armadillo have kindly asked me to do a bit of blogging on scooters and scootering around the World and I’ve happily agreed.
To start us off I’ll briefly recall my mini-adventure last year from Manchester into the Scottish [...]
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