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Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« on: February 05, 2014, 02:59:36 am »
She may be at an age where most slow down, but Britain's oldest mod has refused to give up her beloved Vespa scooter, despite her children begging her to stop.

Grandmother-of-two Maureen Lear, who is 70 next month, has owned around 30 scooters since she passed her test at the age of 18 in 1961 and was part of the mod gang riots in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

Maureen, from Colchester in Essex, drove a silver 125 Vespa in the 1960s and  said that she still loves the adrenalin-rush of zipping through rush-hour traffic


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275581/Britain-s-oldest-mod-69-refuses-scooter-wears-Doc-Martin-boots-khaki-jacket.html

 I don't think 70 is old. I sure hope I will be riding till the day I die.

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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2014, 03:43:47 am »
Quote from: switchum on February 05, 2014, 02:59:36 am
I don't think 70 is old. I sure hope I will be riding till the day I die.

Amen!
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2014, 04:15:14 am »
Good on her. The scooter is what's keeping her young. Have her children ever ridden bikes?
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2014, 04:19:08 am »
thats how i want to get old. except ill be looking for long open stretches and 100+mph!
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2014, 05:13:35 am »
 8)

  My friends father still rides.....................at 84 on his custom Triumph ;D....Larry
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2014, 05:21:31 am »
Excuse me!? When the hell did 70 become "old?"  ;)
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2014, 05:44:33 am »
Hope I'm still riding at 70, I'll maybe take my bike out once in a while as well.  ;)
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2014, 07:35:40 am »
I hope she tells them to ..........Just STFU...
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2014, 12:29:51 pm »
I see this lady around a lot - she lives ten miles from me!

She doesn't attend our local bike night in the summer though - if she did I would introduce her to my 73yr old mate on his TR6, and another friend of mine who rides an R1 Yam at the age of 75!
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2014, 03:24:02 pm »
Guess you aren't watching Jim Tom on Moonshiners  ;)

Come to think of it that might be Sam's girlfriend trying to keep up with him on his drag bikes
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Re: Britain's oldest mod refuses to give up her scooter
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2014, 08:39:03 pm »
Quote from: Bob Wessner on February 05, 2014, 05:21:31 am
Excuse me!? When the hell did 70 become "old?"  ;)
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Wait till the rest of you guys hit it.  70 is when you start to have fun, do the ton...
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