Bob the BOBBER

WE often hear enthusiasts saying they’ve been riding bikes “forever”. Stephan Lofting from Sydney’s northern beaches is a candidate for sure with a 55-year-long fascination with motorcycles. “I played on and around my dad’s bikes from the age of six,” Steph says. “My first bike was a Honda XL125 trail which I got when I was 11.”

He’s owned some 22 bikes in the years since, most of them Japanese road bikes, including a much-modified and