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 […]
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 […]
Put the ‘Kettle’ on…?
A lot of people talk about the Suzuki GT750 in awe expecting a water cooled 750cc two stroke triple to be a bit of a handful, well they are but for different reasons than you would expect. I have owned two Kettles over the years, a 1971 GT750J, a GT750M and a Spondon TR750 chassis, the […]