Growing up on a farm, I was involved with all things mechanical from an early age, driving tractors around the fields before my feet could touch pedals whilst seated. I began riding legally on a Honda PC50 moped aged 16, and driving, in an Aunt’s old Singer Gazelle aged 18. I’ve covered a few miles […]

From an early age I was smitten with cars and bikes and couldn’t wait to be a ‘road user’. I taught myself to ride a motorcycle and to drive, whilst working in a car scrap yard. My ‘training’ was unorthodox so I now spend my time teaching others in a very structured way, to make […]

I have been motorcycling from the age of 17 and admit to having a number of ‘offies’ in the early years, when my hazard perception was poor. In 1992, I joined the IAM Glasgow North Group and after a marathon 6-hour ride around the Highlands, myself and another 6 new Associates passed our Advanced Test […]