Re: What got you started

Posted by Peterwh on
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My brother and I bought a 50cc moped in 1970 when I was 13 and he was 11.  We tore up our parents garden on it till it fell apart.  Then we had a 125 BSA Bantam and later, a 500 Matchless, all before either of us could ride on the road.  Most of my pals were banned from driving for a year before we were 16.   Fortunately, only through luck, I wasn't with them that day.  An older friend of mine who raced a 500cc Velocette taught me most of my early mechanical skills around that time.  Then I got a 250 Ducati but didn't have much success with it.  My first proper road bike was a CB 250 then a matchless. Through those years I wouldn't want my son hanging out with the guys that were my best buddies.  After that I had a 28 year break and got back into CB 750s a couple of years ago.  In my youth these bikes were the thing of my dreams but I never thought I could afford one.  How wrong I was.