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VENOM A smallframe with bite

BUDGET SCOOTERING

"Although John never mentioned who was the boss in that part of the build, it’s safe to say it was the wife, not the husband."

While there are those who can build a custom scooter seemingly unaided, more often than not, the help of others is required to complete the job. It’s one of the reasons that some builds take so long, with the wait for parts and particularly paint seeming to drag on forever. However, John Williams realised that if he carried out most of the work himself, and got his wife Anita to do the rest, things would move much more quickly. That last word hints at what lies beneath the skin of the smallframe but we’ll come to that in a moment.

Once bitten

For more than 40 years, John

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