Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

LOOKING AFTER OUR OWN

With apologies to Hamlet, I think age is what makes cowards of us all. We’ve all experienced enough random derailments to realize that diligence is not foolproof, that armour, no matter how assiduous, never offers enough protection and, most important – at least this is what’s getting me now that I’m 63 – injuries that youth shook off now take two or three months to mend.

That’s why I’m much more safety-conscious these days. As I detailed in our previous issue, I don’t leave home

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