Test fleet: Yamaha Tracer 900

I’m one of those ‘born again bikers’ you hear so much about; I passed my test back when I was 21 and once I did it was the case that the whole motorcycle world was on offer – I really could have ridden anything I wanted, had I been able to afford it. None of this A2 licence stuff.

But, as is so often the case, life took over soon after and finances chipped in. Back to four wheels, got married, had kids and a mortgage. The usual story.

Nowadays I’m almost 40, a bit thicker around the middle and with substantially less hair – but as the other parts of my life have settled down,