My name is John Chrichlow, I rode my first bike on a local coal tip in 1963 when I was eleven years old. It was a red and chrome 350cc BSA. B31 from about 1956, jointly owned with a few mates which we bought for ten bob from a local chap as the MOT had run out. Up until then, my Dad had always 'Drummed' into me the motorbikes were 'Death traps' and that there was no way that I would ever be allowed to own or ride one.
