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The navy insisted that we wore crash hats entwisi or we couldn’t bring the bike onto navy land. Apart from that the only protective clothing we had was for bad weather like waterproof over trousers and an oilskin coat. But at home a skid lid interfered with ‘the image’.

I felt safe enough without speed limits on certain roads because there wasn’t a great deal of traffic and a 650cc had the oomph to get out of trouble before you got into it.