Thanks for that, honestly never heard of that subset before. When I lived oop north & in the midlands it was all faux mods who rode scooters - was it a southern thing that stayed where it started?
I liked Bowie & Roxy but never 'dressed the part', aside from not being interested that side of Glam Rock I would have had the shit kicked out of me on regular basis in 1970s Northwich!
Surely scooter boys were Mods?
I remember having a (brief) conversation with a fully Quadrophenia'd up look-alike in the Lanchester Polytechnic SU Bar in 1981 when I pointed out he was almost 10 years too late to be a genuine Mod and he got a bit upset. :lolol:
I never felt I was a...
Had a motorbike and leather jacket at 20 and its the same 37 years later so I have put down biker.
Never thought myself as part of any youth subculture, if you ride a bike you are a biker and if you don't wear a leather jacket (and leather jeans as I eventually did) you are going into skin...