Preparation for the long journey...

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It's a long and winding road... boom, boom, booom. Or something.

And here's roughly where it started... aaaaah! Off roading into the deep and the dangerous. (I never did quite figure out how to strap that kneeslider on.)

So we covered the begining of the journey off. So what came next?

Well a bit of this and a bit of that and about 30 years of the other.

I got my first bike at 16, the unforgettable Suzuki RM100 motocrosser.

Oh yes. Trouble was, I couldn't kick start it. DOH! And when I did, I kept riding it into trees.

But then came the seminal moment. The Yamaha R6. Oh my gaaaaaaawd. Eye-poppingly gorgeous and beautifully forgiving.

"Fast?" I hear you ask?

I'm not sure. Ask the nice French policeman with the radar gun that I went past at around 170 who never seemed to bother pointing out the error of my ways.

(Only ever got my left knee down (so far) but that's the beauty of French roundabouts... anti-clockwise!)

So. That's the background. Next stop, Africa and doing some real "good". Giving something back for the years of fun we've had. So please donate. And please spread the word. Rider for Health. Enduro Africa 2007. http://enduroafrica2007.blogspot.com/. Good work, folks.

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