PAUL MILES

I HAVE A FRIEND, LET’S CALL HIM IAN; stop sniggering at the back, I really do have some friends. We met online (I said that’s enough!) via Twitter – @classicrider, as you ask, look me up. Being motorcyclists we share lots of similar views and experiences and both broadly sit in the ‘any bike is good’ camp, but freely acknowledge that some are better than others.

Earlier this year, my local VMCC section organised an event purely for girder-forked machines of any age and not just