Rider Info
- Your Current Bike
- R100RT - a 1983 vintage
- Years on a bike
- 2-3 years
- Introduce yourself
- I had a motorcycle, a 350 Matchless, when I was much younger, which I rode for about 3 years. This was in the early 1960's when I lived in Salisbury (now Harare) in Zimbabwe. Protective gear was a joke, and consisted of a pair of flying goggles to keep the miggies out of your eyes, and that was it! Then I got married and, apart from riding a Lambretta scooter (can you believe it) for commuting in Johannesburg in the late 1970's, had not ridden a bike until 2004 when I bought this one. Unfortunately, although my wife used to ride the Matchless, she is less enthusiastic about motorcycling now, for various health reasons, and I need to be quite diplomatic about the time I spend on it. For me, it is fabulous to be back in the saddle again, (thanks to the late Coenraad Spamer) and I hope to carry on for quite some time, and will join as many breakfast runs as possible. My kids are all grown up, but living in UK and USA, so we are forced to do the travel thing to see them and the grandchildren. I tend to be a fair weather rider, and am also a bit slower around the bends than some of you. I plead a less sophisticated suspension as the reason for the latter!!!
History
- Member for
- 12 years 36 weeks
