Soul’d mate

Over recent years there’s been a real growth in the availability and desirability of retro-scrambler-type bikes, something which I’ve become a big fan of. In an attempt to turn into Steve Mcqueen (or a poor equivalent) I bought a ’65 plate Yamaha SR400 and gave it a scrambler makeover. The only problem is it was too nice to take near a dirty road, so I sold it. My question is, is there a bike out there that can handle some gentle off-roading and play to my Mcqueen delusions, all for no more than £4000? Richard Wild, email What would Steve do? Buy back the SR400. It’s only metal and rubber, whatever breaks you can fix. And whatever gets dirty you can clean. HW