Mr Motivator

Believe it or not, there was a time when I was thin, fit, young and an aspiring road racer.

It was back in the 1990s, before I discovered beer, meat pies, more meat pies and more beer.

Back then, the weapon of choice was an RGV250M and despite racing all types of bikes for the 20 or more years that followed, the RGV days stuck. I loved that first RGV and I owned and raced a few through the 1990s, along with Aprilia RS250s, in the popular 250 Production class here.

As a result, I had the pleasure of spending most nights of my teen years rebuilding RGV engines! Fast forward to my early 40s and I’m still in love with those bikes. So I decided