Ollie's ODDJOBS

mentioned in last month’s offering that in my youth I hankered after a British bike I could glue L-plates onto, and had considered a Velocette LE. This absurdly optimistic patriotism had earlier incarnations, when I had gone searching for a British sports moped on which to attend sixth form. These were thin on the ground, with the only offering (or so I thought) being the NVT Easy Rider ER4. That was on my radar for a short while, but with dealers going belly-up on a regular basis,