Honda and other Japanese manufacturers certainly created the future of m/cycling while it seemed we Brits were stuck in the past and paid the price..?

Having a friend who was both a Triumph and Honda m/cycle dealer provided me with the opportunity to try out new models. I rode my pals first delivered Honda 750 four forward and back across central Scotland on the M8 to give it a bit of a run before he rode it in the production m/cycle race at Knockhill the following weekend, in reality just to display it to the crowd as opposed to hoping to win....I suggested perhaps best not to push his luck as the tyres were rubbish, it squirmed every time I had crossed the white lines on the m/way. I did much the same with the Gold wing when it arrived on the scene another impressive machine. I had a CD 125 for a while which was a superb little machine I also ran a 500/4 which although a bit skittish but was a very smooth and reliable commuter

All that typed and as a garage queen I would rather have an old Norton Triumph or Harley...!