{"id":2124,"date":"2025-09-20T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:26:43","slug":"phoenix-shakedown-before-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/phoenix-shakedown-before-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Shakedown Before Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The sun was shining, the lanes were clear, and it felt like the last warm day of 2025 \u2014 the perfect moment for a quick country-lane shakedown with Phoenix, my Vespa GTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ride wasn\u2019t about distance, it was about reassurance. With Brighton Shakedown on the horizon, I wanted to give Phoenix a proper run to make sure everything was tight, tuned, and ready for the coast. A simple ride home from work turned into a chance to enjoy the sound of the engine, the rhythm of the road, and a touch of English humour along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a bit of in-helmet commentary, a nod to the upcoming Brighton event, and some MOD-inspired tracks I dug out on Soundstripe to set the tone. The video is pure sunshine, a slice of scooter life, and proof (spoiler free here!) that Phoenix is in fine form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch the full ride in the video below and let me know in the comments \u2014 do you think Phoenix is ready for Brighton?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phoenix Shake down - Is She Ready for Brighton?\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N_gnt5SxA90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ride sharp. Live loud. Stay free.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sunny country-lane shakedown ride with Phoenix, my Vespa GTS, making sure she\u2019s ready for the Brighton Shakedown. MOD-inspired tunes, in-helmet commentary, and the last warm day of 2025 set the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[302,306,303,294,307,304,305,292,308],"class_list":["post-2124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vespa-phoenix-gts-300","tag-brighton-shakedown","tag-country-lanes","tag-mod-style","tag-modern-mod","tag-phoenix-rides","tag-scooter-life","tag-uk-scooter-scene","tag-vespa-gts","tag-vespa-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/is-phoenix-ready-for-brighton-scaled.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2126,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124\/revisions\/2126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}