The very first time!
It was in 1977 that I had my first real involvement with a motorcycle. It was a 1971 Puch VZ 50, that had a weird three speed combined twist clutch come gear change mechanism. My friend Kev had spotted it in the local auction house and in a moment of madness had spent his entire […]
A different ride around Snowdonia
The recent spell of warm weather in Febuary has meant that Linda and I have been able to take a couple of longer rides on my old 1993 Triumph Trident Sprint and as the boys in blue were running a “casualty reduction initative” Op-Darwen. I thought that as well as some of the more widely […]
The numbers game! How many bikes???
I’m sure that most of us have owned a few bikes over our motorcycling career, but as I suppose should be expected, I’ve owned more than a few. To be perfectly honest I really don’t know how many personal bikes I’ve owned, I gave up counting at the age of 21 when my old friend […]
It’s a funny old business!!
As some of you will know I started in the motorcycle trade in the very early 80’s and over the years I have had positions in most areas of the industry from storeman, mechanic, sales rep, sales manager, to shop owner and as you can imagine I have dealt with a great many people in […]
The times they are a changing!!!
In the time I have been in the Motorcycle trade I have seen many changes in the bikes and indeed the people who ride them obviously some of these changes are purely due to changes in fashion, while others are due to the massive advances in technology that have gone on in the last 38 […]