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AFSC A Way Of Life


The *AFSC* the Great London Rideout

pictures by Danny Siggers


*AFSC* Afghanistan left to right Marcus Jones, John Foskett, Aaron Culley Heavy Istar detachment for Herrick 12/13 May to November 2010






Murph at the Scooter Dive 20 in Ubach Pallenberg Germany

dave buff's afsc ink


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GARY WEIR some from The A2aces and the Help for hero's day

mark flies the colours down under

Some thing for the weekend

view from a bridge

Zak on his first ccf camp

viva las Vegas

daz, Steve and damage

ginger's easter egg run

carry on regardless 3

wills chippie's new leg mik n sue

carry on regardless 3

Mark Adams

run to Brighton H4H 23rd May 09

And Twickenham watching England win

the International Rugby 7s competition 24th May 09

Dave Wilkinson

AFSC wins special award
David Blower at the

9th Vespa Brunch Japan

The Agrati Capri

Karl's immaculate 1960 reg. Agrati Capri 80cc

a mega afsc well done to Dave Hall
for winning a trophy at cheek monkeys

Nicole Cooke wins Britain's first gold of the Games and Dave picks up a trophy at Cheeky Monkeys, brilliantttttttttttttttttttt!!!

cheeky monkeys

Zak cuerden aged 14

on his first lambretta

and first ever ride

Our Gaz is now in the clear

Thank god you are now back amongst us, all of the AFSC now wish you a speedy recovery and we are all thinking of you, Helen and the children

AFSC Annual thrash is rapidly approaching

AFSC At bangers n mash

AFSC at st gorges ride out Cambridge

Uggy at Anfield Simon at northern aces Uggy at Anfield

booty at northern aces

Raided from Jeanette's Facebook

Alfie's Jack Daniels LI150 back on the road

the afsc forward as one

John Gray Back to basics tour 2007

John Gray "logdumper", Back to basics tour 2007 "no van how stupid that?" Started in Leicester Thursday rode to Harwich Went TO Oysterbank for the week end then Sunday rode down through Belgium to Ypers to attend the last post at 8 o'clock Sunday night loads of people there very moving. Monday morning rode to Dunkirk got the ferry and rode up to Leicester got back about 18.30 went for a beer at me m8's pub [scooter lad] just over 600 miles in all on a TS1 225 that's it 6th trip abroad 3 Holland 3 France an only 1 broken clutch cable out of all of it.[ M25 yesterday ] I never had me arse whacked with a cricket bat but I imagine this morning that's how it must feel. Any way off to Amsterdam next weekend scooter racing then I reckon I.O.W an Mersea on the cards.

John sounds like a marathon of a trip! Look forward to a cold frothy one at Mersea mate!

This is our Roann just about to chuck a load of stuff out of a plane!
And this is her PX 150 back in the US

AFSC MEMBERS AT THE SHED WEEKENDER BISH, DAZ, JEANETTE AND CARL

Karl's sons, Connor n Kieran with Totty

Smudge AFSC AFGHAN Rep

earned by honour
worn with pride

These two professional male models

sporting the all new AFSC Polo Shirt

Testimonials

Nick n Sallyanne sporting AFSC colors

I will do business with the AFSC again. Thank You I am now a hit with the ladies just as promised, thank you for my new life I must write and thank the AFSC we have had a leak in the bathroom for years but no it has stopped Amazingly wonderful, I will definitely purchase from AFSC again. Thanks. Impeccable in every way.

I like my new job, but I dread going to work as I am often scolded for my mistakes. Recently, I bought a AFSC shirt I am now earning more money and in a relationship with a woman. We were very pleased with the AFSC. Excellent product, excellent service - who could ask for more! My fitness has improved and my snoring has stopped it's great to get a nights sleep again thanks to the AFSC shirt I am 27 years old and am in a rut. I have been working in a job for about two years now, but I feel my chances for promotion are very slim. That was before I bought a AFSC shirt! I am no the managing director thanks to The AFSC.

I ordered on Jan. I received about 9 days later!. Nicely packed an shipped per Air.
The material is wonderful and most important they fit!! My husband an I are re born The shirts have changed our lives, I can now fly helicopters and play the piano, thanks to the AFSC.

robo and martin

AFSC GERMANY

AF RAYSPEED

Ray Kemp of AF Rayspeed working closely with motorcycle ace tuner and engine designer Terry Shepherd developed the TS1 kit. The TS1 kit (TS for Terry Shepherd) revolutionised Lambretta tuning and certainly raised the bar for all the innovative products that followed.

Ray started as an apprentice Lambretta mechanic working for Arthur Francis in the mid seventies in Watford. When Arthur Francis, famous for The "S" Type Special, retired Ray took over the shop relocating to North Yorkshire. Ray was keen to establish himself and used AF from Arthur Francis adding Rayspeed.

In the early days of the AFSC I was keen to give the club an solid image, starting with an "iconic" logo and patch. I used the AF from AF Rayspeed. I also approached Ray to act as our clubs technical adviser and thank him for his kind help, remember this was pre web site and all correspondence was done by steam!

Above is a picture of Ray sat on my GT "S" Type during this years "Carry on Kemping" http://www.afrayspeed.co.uk/ Click here to visit AF Rayspeed's site

haggis n da boyz

my son Zak at THE DUKE OF YORK'S ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL

Just got back from watching my son Zak do his first Trooping Of The Color!

A little self indulgent of me I know but I am so proud!

FOR SALE

Contact Womble HOMENUNEATON@aol.com

John (fozzy) and Sarah Foskett

Womble's ink

Simon's ink

Gaz “The over grown scooter gnome”,

Douglas Trendle “better known as” Buster Bloodvessel

and Treacle “better known as Treacle”

Buster is proudly sporting The AFSC Colors!!!

The Reading Toy Run

Ian Duffin's eldest, Emma who is a future scooter girl in the making

and very upset that daddies scooter is knackered at the moment

Rod Short and Lionel from Didcot, Rod's lad Mitch in the chair

The toy run is run by the Reading Christian bikers association and this year was the 20th anniversary run. All the toys go to Barnados children's home in Wokingham they get so many toys that they distribute a lot to other charities in the Berkshire area and inner London areas.

RICK 63 AND Baggy at the Lincoln Christmas Toy Run

Mik Boon 1979

Lee Baker AKA Biff found some old photo albums

A young Dave Bellis entertaining.

Lee is still trying to find Jasper, Britta and Hammy who appear in some of these pictures, can any one help?

Steve Roney's, most excellent SX150 now restored and on the road

Marshy let me have a spin on his newly restored LD For Bill Anderson - Pochacco riding a little yellow vespa Came back from shopping and some clown was sat on my scooter!

POSTCARD FROM CHICAGO

Always mega brilliant to have a new member to join the AFSC and the only thing that ever tops this is a baby! Aaaaaahhhhh This little hansom critter is Dave's son, Jack "The Lad" Plent

IAN DUFFIN AND ROD SHORT

DECKCHAIRS AT DAWN BRIGHTON RIDEOUT

click below for

Dave plent's

AFSC IOW 2005 "Rally on the Rock"

Womble's rather fantastic GP, i have just spent twenty minutes staring at it! Wow!!

Rob from Brum

Dave Gibbs n Simon Cuerden

Mik sent this in from his local paper, its a big file so be patient

Mik's scooter along with the AFSC leg shield banner

Simon with the late great

Edwin Starr

Jimmy n Sharon AKA

The Blade & The Hobgoblin

HOLIDAY IN HOLLAND

2004

Pictures by John Wymark

Need a plumber? Gaz n Treacle do!

Nick n Sallyanne sporting AFSC colors

Which one of these AFSC crazy frogs isn't our Gaz?

Our Treacle's PX complete with Drive Screen (Rocking Horse poo!)

HFC "Some thing for the weekend?"

The Lincoln Knights Scooter Club

ride out to Brant Broughton

Andy "Baggy" Baggott

Trish, Andy "Baggy" Baggott and Rick 63

Pauline Baker's new ride!

Bagzy's nearly complete "Dressed To Kill"

Pauline Baker's new ride

All hale to the ale, a beer for the gent and a white wine or fruit based drink for the ladies.

A few pics from Yarmuff sent in by Bagzy

Bagzy doing his bit for Biker - Scooter relations

Mik & Sue in Grimsby during the Hospital Easter Egg Run

Treacle's new MOD kit

Mark's Lambretta Silver Special...this is the pic that appeared on the front cover of Jetset last summer.

Danny boon's Lambretta

Mrs 2 Coats RAT

Mrs 2 coats scoot is now up and running!

Not bad for couple of hundred quid and 2 tins of Hammerite eh!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY AT AFSC!

keeping it cool in the states, your friend, George.

Brooky and the freeloaders! Brooky hosting the Ransoms and Botham's new years eve.

Gianluca "Roccia" Porqueddu

Roccia is the Italian Forces AFSC Rep, these are pictures of Roccia's scooter wedding, and a picture of his Italian Lambretta GP TS1 225. Roccia has his own web site, please have a look here www.leaningtowersoulclub.com please sign his guestbook.

Borgo and Marion with carol visiting my gaff over Christmas, the snow has settled and made a proper crimbo

AFSC MERCHANDISE

I have just finished packing a load of AFSC polo shirts and patches ready to send to AFSC members. You can find the ordering instructions by clicking here: CLUB SHOP We have in the past sold one or two shirts to none AFSC members, please note that from now on only AFSC Polo Shirts are only to be worn by official AFSC members and family. The patches will remain as a "Friendship Patch" that can be given as and when you wish. If you have and thoughts on this then please let me know afsc50@hotmail.com

AFSC news flash

Watch this space for forthcoming news on The AFSC sponsoring Mark Hanson's 2005 racing season. Mark will be racing his AFSC sponsored small framed Vespa SS90 that has been clocked at 62 mph with 18 bhp. Check out Marks web site here: Small frame Racing

Carol Cuerden with her Christmas present from husband Simon, also our dog Max.

The Vespa Primavera 125 ET3 is a four speed small frame, the name ET3 I believe means electronic timing. With three ports rather than two. This gives the scoot some extra kick and needs less tuning due to it electronic timing. It has a Zirri performance pipe and a Polini 135cc kit with 22mm carb! Just as fast as a rally or a P200 because of its lightness and it powerful 4 speed 3-ported engine. I think the bike weighs about 150 pound where as regular vespa weigh in at 250 and up.

I upgraded the suspension, with the help of Steve Beech, it was a right job trying to cut the old seized shocks off. Also I changed the tiers from the original "Wheal Barrow" to Michelin slicks that are boss in the wet and dry! The Bike handles very tightly because of it smallness and has a lot of pep when needed.

AFSC Grimsby Children's Hospital Xmas Run

Rick (Rick63)Booth and Paul Green during a very wet and cold Hospital Xmas Run.

Nice to see Paul on the mend after his accident.

Bagzy baker's scootz

Gary Powell's project vespa

You going to Brighton this weekend?

Brooky & Marshy

new photos from the

tarmac spirits 2004

new photos from the

Zottel Zossen Run 2004 – Bremen

Just been mindlessly surfing the Scooter sites and found these three pictures of AFSC members scoots!

Sent in by our very own Rob James (his scooter is the one in the centre)

Rob grabbed a hand full of trophies himself! Watch this space for details.

More shocking fake pictures uncovered

These shocking pictures depicting a soldier pointing a rifle at two AFSC members whilst at a German scooter run earlier this year have now officially been announced as fake. The soldiers depicted on the photograph look confused and docile, The AFSC are holding their own internal investigation.

Dia gets his scooter back from Borgo's and is well over the moon

"It looks 100% better now! Can't wait to show it off"

I don't give a monkey's arsehole about Mods and Rockers. Underneath, we're all the same, ain't we?

No, Kev, that's it. Look, I don't wanna be the same as everybody else. That's why I'm a Mod, see? I mean, you gotta be somebody, ain't ya, or you might as well jump in the sea and drown.

Gary McLaughlin on his new chop with his son Kieron and pal Chris. Kieron was one of the NSRA Little Devils SC and now a member of The AFSC Sproggs! Have a look at our new AFSC Sproggs section and if you would like your own sprogg to join let me know. Yours Simon Cuerden afsc50@hotmail.com

Click above to see a clipping of Dia Ransom's article as featured in this weeks edition of The Sixth Sense Newspaper! What's more important is that Dia is thee first AFSC member to send a picture of himself wearing our new "Too smooth to move" AFSC Polo Shirt!

I received this picture from Garry Thomas of Scootering magazine, he has this as his screen saver! Unfortunately it can't be published by the magazine as there are no Scooters featured. Garry by the way is ex REME.

Rob James gets his scooter in scootering

Our very own Rob James will have his scooter featured in "Scootering" magazine next month! Ritchie from Scootering Mag did a photo shoot last month of his GP Lambretta "Acid Trip" It picked up a couple of 2nd place gongs last April at the VMSC Show in Walsall for Street Racer and Paint job.

Well done Rob, bottle of champagne on me next time we meet! Yours Simon Cuerden

Simon C's GP

Simon C's GP

Ian & Borgo

Nicole

John & Steve

Steve Evens

Jimmy the blade's stuff

Mick & Heather

Marcus

Simon & Mick Holt

Mick & Simon

Marion

Borgo & Simon

Simon Brunskill's SX

My fake tax disc

These two professional male models sporting the all new AFSC Polo Shirt

Kerry Webster Gets Ska'd

Ska singer, Laurel Aitkin, is said to be recovering from bronchial pneumonia "He is still very ill though he is slowly recovering, But the doctors have said that he will not sing again."

Our very own Kerry was at the benefit concert starring some of his contemporaries at the Club Ska in London. It was a "brilliant night" with Ska legend, Prince Buster, stealing the show.

Laurel Aitkin is best known for the 1959 hit song Boogie In My Bones.
He cut Boogie In My Bones in 1959 for the young Chris Blackwell who had recently started Island Records. Boogie In My Bones reportedly entered the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation's chart in October 1959 and stayed at number one for 13 weeks.
Aitkin never had another hit song of Boogie In My Bones' magnitude, but numbers such as Little Sheila, Boogie Rock and I'm Crying Over You gave him a cult following in the United Kingdom where he migrated in the early1960s. Get well soon Laurel

Steve Evans

Kerry Webster

Borgo

Mick n Jon

Mick n Borgo n John

Micky

Our Kerry

Paul Green left going to Brid.

Kerry and mates

Simon, Borgo and Eckie at Belgium Custom Show

Elaine Ransom's PX50XL

Nutty, Mick and others at Nico's house

Simon, Andy and Sticky Hamburg

Best of show Northern Pearl

Will Newman printing his own money over in Iraq

Alreet marra's Hows it gannin...I'm trying to keep the club diggin in Cyprus the hole I've done is f*ckin massive. Here's a couple of my sorry arsed face giv'in it large in Cyprus for the AFSC Cheers Jimmy The Blade

The official AFSC polo shirts Just £10 or €15 for a super high quality shirt with our official AFSC logo

Borgo and the Bricklayer

Kyle and his scoot "Major Malfunction"

"Good morning sun shine"

"Spot the Burberry cap" who said our club wasn't controversial?

Hohne Crew Sunday ride

Speed Demon, Hidden Power and a baby.....................ahhhhhhhhhh

Rob and Lizzy

Kerry n Banana

Nutty n friends

Simon n sweat!

Heide Treffen rally

The BFPO 30 boys hoopin it up

Steve Evens n Ian Botham

Hohne Crew's Scootz

Nicko

Kelle, Borris n Jimmy

Sebastian

Jimmy, John n The morlocks

Jimmy's breakdowns!

Jimmy n Borgo

John n revellers!

Boris on the right

Ian Botham leading the charge

Borgo n Ian

Boris, Jimmy

Borgo, Jimmy n Morlocks

Boris fixes Jimmy's Scoot

On the Run

Boris still fixing Jimmy's Scoot

Jimmy The Blade

Simon Brunskill's Scooter Boys!

Vespa Club Celle

John Wymark n the Morlocks!

Jimmy

Jimmy Travolta!

Could 9 SC Paderborn

Borgo, Simon and Steve "The Beef"

Nutty IOW 2002

filthy & sly 04-06 JULY 03

Mick Holt throws the tent up!

Scooter Attack

Andy & Harry Barlow

The Crew

Simon watches the Scooter Attack

Friday afternoon Mick Holt and Simon Cuerden make a mad dash from JHQ towards Marl. Gortex water proofs were the order of the day but as luck would have it we missed the rain. We arrived at the camp site, ten euros to get in with anniversary patch, good value I think for one of the best runs in Germany. Mick assembled the tent and finished just as Harry Barlow and Andy from Leicester arrived. Within the hour we were joined by Dia and Elaine Ranson. Sören, Christian, Carsten and Borgo were already there and many of the other German members turned up later during the night.

The drinking pit

German Scooter Girls

Is there a bargain here?

Friday's Nighter was brilliant and the party atmosphere was fueled by cheap beer at one euro a pint! The was also a cocktail bar for those who wanted to see their tent spin and a BBQ for the munchies. A few new faces at this run, no muscles being flexed and a health smattering of young good looking women provided the eye candy.

Saturday was spent nursing minor headaches and just chilling out. There was a small parts fair, a rolling road were you could try to seize your piston to your barrel or throw your crank out of line! I do not know what possess people to thrash their scoots like that? Scooter football, tire burn outs, a scooter pull and custom show. Saturday had promised an "Elvis" impersonator but he didn't show. We did a bit of Karaoke singing and drank a few beers. Had a few giggles, drank some more beer, had a bit of a boogie, drank some more beers then went to bed. Sunday came around all to quickly, a brilliant run! Good laugh and we are all looking forward to the next one!

Sören who served in the German Army up until 1991, a member of the Speed Breed SC, Nürnberg and the Steel Axis Welfarianbreed.
Pics: 1)Sören 2) Sören as Speed Breed SC member with British Foreign Legion member on Corsica (!)
3) Speed Breed SC patch 4) Steel axis WELFARIANBREED (Welfen, Braunschweig; Barbarians, Kiel; Speed Breed, Nürnberg)------

Simon, Tom, Brett and Mick had a run out on Sunday and ended up in Roemond sampling the cafe scene, Quaffing just the one beer whilst appreciating the local talent on offer. As usual the day started later than expected, call from Simon, I'm running late, now there's a surprise as my son Jake would say. Finally arrived at Brett's 1 hour late and headed for Roemond. Written by Mick Holt.

Are these the two rarest photographs of AFSC members?

Borgo drinking coke

Mick Holt queuing for a shower at HiH

There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in a Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening.

Scytheman Scooter Club Rally in Oldendorf Easter (Near Hamburg) 18.-21 April 2003

The first German run of the year and the coldest by far!

Ralph on his P200E

Simon n Ralph at Oldendorf

On the way back with some Bremen Scooterists

The long journey home

Borgo n Simon, the coldest Run ever!

Just as we left the Scytheman Rally, there was a wet t-shirt comp and a girl from Celle decided to dazzle the crowd! Frickin typical, as soon as I leave!

Bob IOW 2000

Bob IOW 2001

Hamburg Custom Show 2003

Good day for the AFSC German chapter, we took three Lambrettas to enter in the show winning

"Best of Show", "Best Lambretta" and "Best Mod Scooter"

big thanks to Borgo and the hidden power sc

Simon Cuerden with "Best Of Show"

Best Lambretta

Best of Show

New Colors Heide HEIZER

Nutty Newton's new hat

The Thong

Cloud 9 S.C. Scooter Run Paderborn
13-15.Sep.2002

Dia and Elaine were flying the flag on this run

Harlequins S.C. Scooter Run
Borchen, 19-21.July.2002

The Durango 95 purred away real horrorshow, a nice warm vibratey feeling all through your guttiwuts.

Dia and Elaine were flying the flag on this run

Cloud 9 S.C. Scooter Run
Paderborn,

2002

Mick Holt and Simon Cuerden on the run

Simon Cuerden and Mick Holt German run near Cologne 2002

Two bikers posing on our scooters, we didn't want to sit on theirs though!

Same two, these lads are from the JHQ Bike Club, I think they ride as far as the NAAFI some times?

On the way back from a run the GP has just had a face lift thanks to Borgo

I lost three wheal nuts on the way to this run, lucky not to have come off!

Mick Holt's Vespa P200E with Malossi kit and Taffy pipe

Simon n Mick at the run

Mick talks to his mechanic, Scooter Centre Cologne

"Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces? Riding up in front of a hundred faces?

Send in your pictures: AFSC@tafsc.com

What time d'you call this?! Oh I don't know, I 'aven't got a watch!

Every year is the same And I feel it again, I'm a loser - no chance to win. Leaves start falling, Come down is calling, Loneliness starts sinking in. But I'm one. I am one. And I can see That this is me, And I will be, You'll all see I'm the one.

What kind of a fool do you think I am? You think I know nothing of the modern world.

Rows and rows of disused milk floats stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry

What a catalyst you turned out to be, Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea

I am a dull and simple lad Cannot tell water from champagne and I have never met the Queen And I wish I could have all he has got - I wish I could be like David Watts

As we walked along the flatblock marina, i was calm on the outside but thinking all the time. So it was to be Georgie the general saying what we should do and what not to do and Dim as his mindless grinning bulldog. But suddenly I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy ones and the oomny ones used like inspiration and what Bog sends. Well now, it was lovely music that came to my aid. There was a window open with the stereo on and I viddied right at once what to do......

But I don't wanna be like everybody else! That's why I'm a mod, see?

I ride a G S scooter with my hair cut neat,Wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet

I've got a good job And I'm newly born. You should see me dressed up in my uniform.

Er, don't sing any of that old rubbish eh? That ain't rubbish pal, that's Gene Vincent!

Dave Simon and Dave Gibbs

Oh why don't you just roll over and do a few underwater farts?

Dave Simon's T5

BELL BOY! BELL BOY!!!!

You goin to Brighton this weekend?

We are the mods,We are the mods,We are,We are,We are the mods!

You say she's a virgin. I'm gonna be the first in.

On the dry and dusty road The nights we spend apart alone

Laugh and say I'm green I've seen things you'll never see.

You don't work, you don't get no money. And I like money!

I'll pay now if you don't mind. You haven't got a pen have you, your honour?

D'you want some lacquer on that? Nah, poofs wear lacquer

Well I ain't goin' in there wiv me fackin' parka on, am I?

Are these for real?

© Copyright 2002-2005, Simon Cuerden ® - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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