I WAS ON THAT BIKE LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING

Here is a photograph, taken some 40 years ago, of me sitting on my dad’s 1966 BSA 650 Lightning with mum and sis looking on in the background. Sadly, dad is no longer with us, but the bike still remains in its last resting place – my mum’s shed, having only recently seen the light of day for the first time in over 30 years. Stephen Meredith

If you want to see what Stephen’s dad’s bike looks like today, turn to the Your Classics pages at the front end of the mag.

Mark Holmes

Little did Stephen know that his getaway plan had been rumbled...