Pip Higham Tuner, engineer, rider Ahhh, nasal hair!
Nowt says ‘Old Bloke’ more than extraneous hair growth, not on ‘The Swede’ I hasten to add, no, it’s those annoying tufts that appear to flourish in furious abundance from the snout and lug’oles. Personally, I’m a follicle plucker: I just grab, heave and wince. Scissors? Nah! It was during one such eye-watering session that, in order to take my mind off the self-inflicted pruning, I turned my thoughts to the flock in the shed, perhaps it too needed to be thinned out a little.
I started with the little ’uns: I have a couple of 100cc bevels (possibly three). One is a very early example with an engine number that is in the twenties, which puts it right in the kindergarten…
