I started off to just ride my 250 Jawa from Sydney in Australia to London in England to meet up with my New Zealand friends.

They persuaded me to come with them in a beat up old Morris Isis on an epic journey across the Sahara and darkest Africa ending in Kenya in East Africa.

I stayed for 12 years and became first an East African then, when the three EA countries split up, Kenyan Motorcycle Champion. All told 7 years at the top in EA.

I also was invited to compete in India and Sri Lanka where I came out on top in some thrilling and tough road races on airfield circuits in Bombay, Madras and Colombo.

I ended up in Canada and have spent the last 40 years competing successfully in the senior age classes in the US National Trials Championship.