Had to pop to the post office today, the GS is off the road for overhaul, so I thought it would be good to give the Royal Enfield a little run. Had just parked up and was taking my helmet off, when I heard a voice behind me. Well I`m used to the old boys coming over for a chat when they see the Enfield or the GS, but when I turned around, there was this white haired little old lady with a zimmer frame. We got chatting, turns out she used to race bikes in the early fifties, mostly Nortons, but over the years she also had owned Velocettes, Triumphs and a couple of Royal Enfields. Her late husband had also raced Nortons too. She really knew her stuff too !. I had to get into the post office before it closed, so could`nt natter too long. The old dear did`nt want to stop talking bikes, but I got away eventually and she shuffled away. Quite a character, last person on a street I`d think was an ex biker !.
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