Triumph over tragedy

For the majority of owners, riding a scooter is a pleasure that lasts for many years. However, at times, certain circumstances intervene, and that pleasure is taken away… perhaps due to an accident for example. Whose fault it actually was is of little consequence after the damage has been done. Those left with injuries are the ones who must battle against uncertainty to get their life back to normal. They do it through strength and determination, and sometimes tackling the demons that caused it in the first place is the only way to fully overcome what’s happened.

The modern world

At 16 years old John Cartwright was just like any other normal teenager who had just left school, trying to establish his identity in the adult world. He did so by way of fashion, joining the ranks of the modernist movement. Quickly immersed with all it had to offer the inevitable idea of getting a scooter beckoned on the horizon. His father was an avid motorbike enthusiast so there would be no challenge from him to John becoming a two-wheeled owner. It was 1988 and the scooter boom of that decade was producing some real bargains in the second-hand market. No sooner than John had enquired about getting one than he actually became an owner of a PK50 XL.