Massive nerd that I am I got quite excited when I heard about the British Scooter Exhibition opening up at the Haynes Museum. I got the chance to visit recently and it did not disappoint; there are several real rarities and oddities to be found there. By the nature of it, it is not a huge exhibition but well worth visiting none-the-less. Below a selection of the gems to be seen at Sparkford...
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| DMW Bambini. |
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| Britax Scooterette. |
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| The Britax Scooterette was powered by the Ducati Cucciolo cyclemotor engine. |
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| The Britax Scooterette used the same running gear as the 'Hurricane' racer and 'Standard' models. That huge front mudguard and fairing hides a girder fork and the whole lot moves up and down with the fork. |
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| Scooterette and Bambini together. |
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| Dayton Flamenco and Sun Wasp. |
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| Dayton Flamenco. |
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| DKR Defiant and Mercury Pippin. |
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| Close up on the Pippin. There's 98cc of Villiers power lurking beneath those panels! |
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| DKR Defiant again. Like the Dayton Flamenco and Sun Wasp 197cc Villiers powered. |
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| Piatti scooter. You see a surprising number of these around in virtually unused condition. They have the reputation of being one of the worst scooters ever made. See the MopedArchive for more info. |
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| A Kieft. See historywebsite.co.uk for more info. |
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| My favourite in the exhibition, the Harper Scootamobile. Made by the Harper Aircraft Company and designed by Spike Rhiando. Mr Rhiando attempted to ride the prototype Scootamobile to Cape Town. A journey that was abandoned somewhere in the Sahara. |
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| The Harper Scootamobile flanked by a Douglas Vespa and a Mercury Dolphin. |
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| Swallow Gadabout to the fore and Brockhouse Corgi aft. |
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| The Gadabout was made by Swallow who were more famous for coach building and sidecars. |
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