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vampyr-bite:

weirdness-is-good:

not that anyone asked but this is kent aldrich who customised his scooter as such in the style of the 1950s-1960s mods/the late 1970s-early 1980s mod revivalists

a big part of the subculture centred on scooters (usually lambrettas or vespas), and after the release of quadrophenia in 1979 which featured this bike:

it was common to see mods customise their bikes with extra mirrors and lights like this guy from leicester:

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The context was that regulations had recently changed to require side mirrors on scooters, this started as gratuitous overcompliance

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