Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Old dogs learn new tricks too!

Riding the Honda CBR600 is good. Not so much because the 2001 machine is the best bike ever, but more because of what it means to me. I lusted after one when I first got my licence, but it eluded me. I couldn’t forget about it, though, and the itch needed scratching. So, after all these years, I finally managed to buy one.

That was the easy part – buying the bike. Then came the realisation that over the years I have got accustomed to very different kinds of

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