Got first bike in 1962, a Norton Navigator 350twin and identified with my leather jacket with the rockers. So began a lifetime on many bikes from 50cc Honda to 1200cc BMW with plenty of British Triumphs thrown in. Still got 3 bikes and am a member of Christian Motor Cycle Ass meeting hard core bikers at rallies. Carefree days!
Neil Gent - 6 years ago
Rocker at the time ('63ish - '66ish).
Had a Tandon (197cc Villiers engine) which I rode to school on, they stopped making them in 1959. Dad bought it for me not working, said I could have it and use it if I fixed it) Eventually the engine packed up and a friend (not Cray Valley) and I shared a bike made up of my bike with his engine (from a James Captain).
I then had an Aerial Arrow Sport, quite a nice 250cc bike, but notable for a total absence of any working front brake as soon as it rained!
My final bike, before taking to cars and horses(!) was a Triumph Tiger 100SS
Mind you, I did rather like the rock music as well.
Adrian Appley - 6 years ago
I bought my first Lambretta LD scooter in 1960 and over the next 50 years bought several more as they wore out or I had them stolen. I was never a mod as I considered the male mods too effeminate.
CLive Keen - 6 years ago
If you had a motorbike, which I did (Honda 250, usually but not always in pieces), you automatically counted as a Rocker, which seemed a bit discriminatory. These days there'd be all sorts of trans-classifications. Mind you, separate toilets for Mods and Rockers at Brighton wouldn't have been a bad thing.
Clive Hollis - 6 years ago
Definitely a Mod, with my Lambretta GT 125 with scoobedoos on the handlebars, close cropped hair, grey round neck jumper with grey trousers , red socks and desert boots.
Got first bike in 1962, a Norton Navigator 350twin and identified with my leather jacket with the rockers. So began a lifetime on many bikes from 50cc Honda to 1200cc BMW with plenty of British Triumphs thrown in. Still got 3 bikes and am a member of Christian Motor Cycle Ass meeting hard core bikers at rallies. Carefree days!
Rocker at the time ('63ish - '66ish).
Had a Tandon (197cc Villiers engine) which I rode to school on, they stopped making them in 1959. Dad bought it for me not working, said I could have it and use it if I fixed it) Eventually the engine packed up and a friend (not Cray Valley) and I shared a bike made up of my bike with his engine (from a James Captain).
I then had an Aerial Arrow Sport, quite a nice 250cc bike, but notable for a total absence of any working front brake as soon as it rained!
My final bike, before taking to cars and horses(!) was a Triumph Tiger 100SS
Mind you, I did rather like the rock music as well.
I bought my first Lambretta LD scooter in 1960 and over the next 50 years bought several more as they wore out or I had them stolen. I was never a mod as I considered the male mods too effeminate.
If you had a motorbike, which I did (Honda 250, usually but not always in pieces), you automatically counted as a Rocker, which seemed a bit discriminatory. These days there'd be all sorts of trans-classifications. Mind you, separate toilets for Mods and Rockers at Brighton wouldn't have been a bad thing.
Definitely a Mod, with my Lambretta GT 125 with scoobedoos on the handlebars, close cropped hair, grey round neck jumper with grey trousers , red socks and desert boots.