I first started riding motorcycles in the 1970s as a kid in the bush in southern Africa where I spent my childhood.
Us youngsters would enjoy many happy days hurtling around on dusty dirt tracks, racing, building jumps and generally trying to outdo each other, with the accompanying thrills and spills.
The “dirt bikes” or “trailies” , as we called them, I can recall from those days include models like Suzuki’s RM125, Yamaha’s YZ125X, CCMs and Maicos.
