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Post by davet on Feb 24, 2016 20:54:05 GMT
Just found some photos which brought back some memories. But first the story.
Back in 98' I got a phonecall which I thought was a wind up. A guy called Austin Vince said he was making a programme about bikers and someone had given my name (pugwash had originally turned it down after big Phil from Newcastle gave them his name first). Anyway after Max 'pugwash' Clifford had passed them on to me, I had a sort of telephone interview, obviously to make sure I wasn't a nutter.
He couldn't get it into his head that someone could like scooters AND motorbikes. As in the UK you were either into bikes or scooters, not both. Errr, no! Anyway plans were made and they were coming to film for a whole day for a programme to go out on Channel 5 called 'Hell for Leather'. They asked if at some point they could film my mates. Pugwash doesn't like the limelight so disappeared like Max Clifford after a school bus.
At the time we visited a few scooter club establishments and Cloud 9 were happy to turn up and do the deed. Now if anyone can remember when channel 5 started out, they were a bit alternative, so when I told people I was going to be in a programme on channel 5 called 'Hell for Leather', the replies ranged from "does it involve midgets and Vaseline" to "I'm so proud of you", you can guess which one was my mum!
Anyway with a week to go I hatched a cunning plan. They were due to ring me two days before to make sure everything was still ok. I knew they were on a tight deadline to when they rang I told them I'd want paying as I had to take a day off work. I got a "HOW MUCH" reply when I asked for £100. They said they'd see what they could do. So filming day came and I got a plastic coin bag with £92 in slummy and small notes, coz "that's all we had".
A film crew composing of producer, cameraman, soundman, assistant and female presenter Yvonne Baird, I think that was her name, did the full hit. From 8hrs of filming I got about 8 minutes of fame. They filmed us both on the scooter and bike and then down the scooter club, with them all going mental (including me) on the waterfront. We has a blast.
And finally the one with the smally in.
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Post by dazzz on Feb 24, 2016 21:02:56 GMT
So when's your 8 minutes of fame due to be on , hope you make it on goggle box :-).
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Post by davet on Feb 24, 2016 21:15:12 GMT
Missed it. It aired in 98' or 99', I've got it on a VHS tape hidden underneath the wedding video in a box somewhere. I feel less embarrassed watching the wedding video.
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Post by Juan on Feb 24, 2016 22:19:11 GMT
Duc SS and Honda Firestorm or something like that?
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Post by davet on Feb 24, 2016 22:45:30 GMT
Yep, my SS and her Honda SP1. She had a go at racing as well, but was well scared on the back of the smally. Pity I couldn't get it to wheely.
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Post by bikegrim on Feb 25, 2016 7:26:43 GMT
Was she fit? That Austin Vince guy is the Mondo Enduro dude isn't he? I took part in an Enduro and he was entered on an old DR350, he was dressed in white overalls and had massive sideburns.
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Post by potatopl on Feb 25, 2016 7:39:55 GMT
It's a pity we can't see the video.
Had my 5 minutes of fame as well last year. The material about our club was aired in regional TV.
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Post by henri on Feb 25, 2016 8:37:14 GMT
really , full race leathers n body armour ,(power ranger gear), on a smallie . no wonder you wont release the video for us . had my 15 minutes of fame in 91 ,made the headlines of local paper for a "small" indiscretion .tho it is a very small town my folks live in ,still want to know who tipped of the paper to my actions in london . H
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Post by davet on Feb 25, 2016 9:46:48 GMT
I'll see if I can get the video converted. I once had a chicken chaser called a Honda runaway. It did 26mph down hill. I rode it down to my local scooter gathering in full race leathers and parked it between two comedy mod scooters.
Oh how I laughed. They didn't.
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Post by henri on Feb 25, 2016 16:17:58 GMT
bad as me ,pullin up august bank holiday at "mod central " in full bike waterproof armoured gear on my xj600 , with a px engine an 2 10"rims/tyres as ballast on the pillion .strangely nobody would talk to me or even acknowledge i existed/they knew me . so i pulled out my mobile an had a loud conversation about "come down,theres some nice scoots to look at,but place is swarming with cunts lookin like paul weller " .would of been better if my mate had actually answered his phone . H
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Post by davet on Feb 25, 2016 19:57:12 GMT
Potatopl that's a neat film. Cobbled roads eh, nice in the wet. Some people suit flat caps, I'd just end up looking like Ronnie Corbett.
Gareth, I didn't meet Austin and I've had better looking pillions over the years, yourself included!!
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Post by Juan on Feb 25, 2016 20:27:46 GMT
Like the red 2 door after your slot. Also wouldn't turn my nose up at the 126.
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Post by cluelessfromkent on Feb 25, 2016 21:09:37 GMT
My five seconds of fame were aired on the national news in 1981.
I told my mum I was going round my mate Andy's house for the weekend - I was 15 years old.
When me, Andy and a few of my mates (most of whom were a few years older) walked behind the reporter doing a piece to camera in Scarborough on the bank holiday, I was in a little bit of bother.
My old mum mentioned it to my son last week. I had completely forgotten about it.
I phoned her on the way home from the garage near the Arthur Francis shop, pretending I was in Balham (South London). She said 'How's the weather in Scarborough?".
It was a long journey home in my mates Marina.
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Post by cluelessfromkent on Feb 25, 2016 21:16:37 GMT
It's a pity we can't see the video. Had my 5 minutes of fame as well last year. The material about our club was aired in regional TV. Excellent. Enjoyed that mate. |
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Post by potatopl on Feb 26, 2016 6:43:52 GMT
Like the red 2 door after your slot. Also wouldn't turn my nose up at the 126. It's a soviet ZAZ-966, air cooled V4 engine  126 are very popular in Poland, we had been producing them on FIAT's license in our country. Potatopl that's a neat film. Cobbled roads eh, nice in the wet. Some people suit flat caps, I'd just end up looking like Ronnie Corbett. I'm the lad in camo cap, but I like flat caps as well |
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Post by bikegrim on Feb 26, 2016 7:52:25 GMT
Gareth, I didn't meet Austin and I've had better looking pillions over the years, yourself included!! In the words of Dick Emery "Oh you are awful....." |
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Post by davet on Feb 28, 2016 12:51:00 GMT
Clueless, best story nomination. That's dedication and deviousness rolled into one.
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126 are very popular in Poland, we had been producing them on FIAT's license in our country.