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Devious behaviour can, at times, be justified by the end. As in the end justifying the means. Sometimes you crave something so badly that selling your wife, your soul; your LP’s of Bob Dylan seems a mere trifle - just to satisfy that craving….. 

I was 17 years old and had just been side-swiped by a doddering octogenarian, resulting in my Honda MB5 being written off. Not having wheels drove me crazy, which in turn drove my parents crazy and soon we were tyre-kicking at bike shops across town. Having dwarfed my 50cc Honda my parents agreed that a bigger motorcycle would be in order, up to a maximum of 500cc. 

At the second shop we visited there were only two potential

When I grew up I was an only son. I still am, come to think of it. I had two sisters, but they were much older and, lets face it, girls! So the day our new neighbours arrived and I learnt they had three sons was a red letter day. 

 Steve was a year older than me, Henk and Malcolm about six years older. They all played rugby, cricket and golf and all had a passion for motorcycles. It was like finding kindred spirits that had been lost for 15 years, and especially Steve and I became inseparable. We fished together, played golf together, got into trouble together. Almost like an African version of “Stand by me”. A rites of passage thing. 

 Both of us