much everything I’ve bought over the last 10 years has at least doubled in value. But then, I am a canny Yorkshireman!Whitham’s top tips:If you’re going for a 1970s moped, buy an AP50 rather than a FS1E. They’re better to ride, with five gears instead

generation of kids to head for the local rec on their choppers and fashion ramps out of bricks and planks. At the time I had a Raleigh Whisp, a 50cc two-stroke ladies shopping bike that my dad had found in a skip outside his work and brought home in the boot

generation of kids to head for the local rec on their choppers and fashion ramps out of bricks and planks.At the time I had a Raleigh Whisp,  a 50cc two-stroke ladies shopping bike that my dad had found in a skip outside his work and brought home in the boot

to be the most fun on the route you had in mind. One of my favourite stretches of road runs from the village of Barbon in the Yorkshire Dales, up over Calf Top and down into Dentdale, and I reckon it’s nothing like what you have in mind. Forget fast, sweeping

grooming meant you were a poof and facial hair and the slight waft of Brut was compulsory. I like the fact they don’t make you want to ride like a tit, get a stoppie wrong on an XJR1300 and the consequences aren’t worth thinking about. Go over the top

-time trail riding.I arrived at Glen’s place, a detached house in a nice suburban cul-de-sac at dusk. My main thought in the van on the way down was not to get drawn into doing anything too daft. The last thing I needed was to end up cuddling a tree at 50mph

.’During the seventies it became apparent the Ring was becoming too dangerous for top level international racing, on either two or four wheels, so work was begun on a new, shorter and safer circuit. This new track, the one used today, opened in 1984 and was built on most

of 130bhp on the in-house dyno was common, so Yamaha’s claims of 133bhp for this new ’08 bike should therefore put it on a par with my racer from back then. But d’ya know what? I’m convinced my old bike would still have the legs on it in terms of top

I got used to the fact that the boat had a top speed of four knots (that's just less than 5mph to you land lubbers), I really enjoyed it.I know I'm gonna get slated for saying this - I can hear the 'tutting' noises already - but I'm gonna tell you

sat on top of it, with the top of the seat and the back of the tank at what feels like the same level, and that pushes more weight forward. You get a lovely, lovely induction roar too, not loud, but a real deep, low sound feeding back through