My Dad Mike Evans always had a bike when I was growing up. Nothing with a big engine, but his all-time favourite was a 1979 Kawasaki Z250.
Dad was and is not mechanically minded, so it was left to my brothers and myself to look after the cars and bikes in the family. I remember doing small jobs on his bike at just 14/15 years old when I was just starting to learn the motor trade, working at a bike breaker as a Saturday job. He also let me take it out on the road as I got older but eventually the bike had to be sold as the engine began to fail and we were unable to afford the repair costs.
Whenever he meets fellow bikers, the only
