Riding Life
In 1968 I was posted to Cyprus with the RAF for two and a half years, and I planned to save enough to buy my dream bike on my return to the UK. That would have been an Egli Vincent from Roger Slater, which cost around £525. Unfortunately on only £14 per week I didn’t make it, but I did save nearly £300. So on my return I went to Conways in London to buy the next best thing, a Vincent 1000.
The salesman didn’t seem very impressed with a 20 year-old kid. He told me if I was interested then I should come back at 2pm as he was about to go for lunch! So I
