Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Love triangle!

In late 1999 early 2000 Heather and I were living day-to-day in Sydney, me a bike courier trying to get a start in moto journalism, and Heather working a mundane city office job.

We were so young and only really thought about three things: what to drink that night, when we were getting paid next, and how long until we could get that elusive RS250 we were dreaming about… Well, I actually had four things on my mind generally, but I usually had more hopes of getting the RS250!

Heather had just finished university, where she completed a Bachelor of Psychology, although she would go on to become a motorcycle publisher

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