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{{short description|Customised scooter}} {{for|the surgical procedure|Venous cutdown}} {{Original research|date=June 2012}} A '''cutdown''' is a customised [[Scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]] (usually an Italian [[Vespa]] or [[Lambretta (motorscooter)|Lambretta]]) with parts of the bodywork removed or cut away. Cutdowns were popular amongst [[skinhead]]s and [[scooterboy]]s during the [[mod revival]] of the 1970s and 1980s. While the style-obsessed British [[Mod (subculture)|mod]] youth subculture of the 1960s prized the glamorous, metropolitan image of scooters, many skinheads and [[scooterboy]]s viewed their bikes as simply a form of transportation.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.straight.com/article/vespa-scoots-sexily-back-to-vancouver | title = Vespa Scoots Sexily Back to Vancouver | first = Doug | last = Sarti | date = June 3, 2004 | work = Straight.com | publisher = Vancouver Free Press | location = Vancouver, Canada | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522112423/http://www.straight.com/article/vespa-scoots-sexily-back-to-vancouver | archivedate = 2011-05-22 | url-status = live | accessdate = 2012-06-30 }}</ref><ref name=CulturalHistory>{{cite web|first= Mary Anne|last= Long|title= From Scooter to Scooterist: A Cultural History of the Italian Motorscooter|url= http://www.vespaclubvolos.com/Scooter_History_1_.pdf|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194516/http://www.vespaclubvolos.com/Scooter_History_1_.pdf|page= 20|date= 1998-12-17|archivedate= 2011-07-17|accessdate= 2010-08-28|url-status= dead}}</ref> [[File:Naked Lambretta 01.jpg|thumb|This "naked" Lambretta has been cut down and customized.]] While some scooter enthusiasts have focused on the stripped-down look, with just a bare frame and visible engine and mechanical parts, some scooterboys put back almost as much hardware as they had taken off, by adding customized chrome-plated accessories and racks.
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