Photos & Musings: Early Days

A collection of my favourite photos, with some of the stories behind them. Please click on an article to view.

This is my first motocross bike, a 1974 Suzuki TM125. I’d first become interested in motorcycles about a year before, aged about...

This was my second bike, and first brand new machine. I had raced my Suzuki TM125 for a few months...

After a year in the schoolboys, racing with the Severn Valley and Cotswold clubs in the senior class, I moved up...

Bryan Wade was my mentor during my transition from schoolboys to adult, and I owe my riding technique, style and work...

Here's an interesting old document I found - a newsletter from the Severn Valley Schoolboy Scrambling club from March 1977. It carries...

Can't recall where this was taken, but it's a rare shot of me on my BMRS (Bryan Wade's 'British Motocross Racing...

This photo is from the New Year’s Day ‘Hangover’ national race at Hawkstone Park on January 1st, 1979, and there’s a...