Well my friends today is my 66th birthday and it was 50 yrs ago that I first rode a motorbike ( legally ) on the road .On this date 1966 about dinnertime ( what a year ) I took my '53 plunger A10 outfit for its mot which it passed, on the way back I remember thinking the power was fantastic

only to be brought down to earth by cocking up my first sharp left hander into the garage where she lived ! Very nearly planted her and me into a brick gatepost ,just missed it and managed a lap in the carpark with the sidecar wheel in the air so learnt something as well but could have been soooo different

The fact I haven't lost my licence in the following years ( got damn close twice ) still slightly surprises me. Bob