"... It should be constantly borne in mind that motorbikes and motorbike riders have an aggressive aura, which is another way of saying that everyone - and I mean everyone - expects you to be a paranoid, murderous, thieving lout come rapist!

There is little we can do about this effect. It has something to do with the innate courage and daring of riders in general, and the universal wimpishness of the rest of the plebs..."

BARRY TURNER