A young motorcyclist

[suffolk58 2,286]

A short while ago, my mother pointed out that two of my school mates, who used to call on me as a child, had both died of alcoholism.

She said to me "I'm glad you took up motorcycles, rather than boozing". She was right, if I'd not spent every spare penny on my motorcycles as a youth, I'd probably have smoked and drunk my money away.

[Scootabout 2,267]

A friend of mine who rides told me he told his sons they shouldn't take it up, and that he could do it only because he "had the reactions of  a Ninja".  As he was in his 50s at the time I'm not sure how convinced they were likely to have been. 

[Dror 18]

Martin I have also a 14-year-old son and he asked me to keep my NC750x for him  when he grew up Meanwhile he trains for electric bicycles