Greetings all, my new book about the boom years of London despatching in the 1980s is out on Kindle on Wednesday (~$7). More on the website: Adventures in Motorcycling – Despatching Through 80s London All very London and UK-centric, but plenty of bad behaviour on bikes from classic Brit twins and thundering Italian street racers, to demented dirt missiles and nitrox-injected rats. If you grew up with bikes from the late 70s, you may well get it. Also available as a limited run 284-pp paperback in early November, direct from me in the UK. Or - save you money and use your observational skills for a chance to win a Kindle or paperback free in this Spot the Difference competition. Chris S
Just got it off Kindle US and started reading it; fun start Hoping you list a few of the courier companies as a mate of mine was a DR in the 80's when we shared a place in Croydon and i can't recall their name. They had a BMW fleet and I crashed his on a Sunday taking my girlfriend for a ride (my bike was off the road so he loaned he his work bike). 80MPH slide on the M25 in the rain and the bike didn't look to bad considering Cheers
Hi Mog, I suppose that's one way to impress the g/f ;-) I do name a few in the despatching chapter and now I come to think of it there was an outfit that supplied BMs which would have been quite flash and prestigious at the time (but a dog to ride in town - you'll get to my opinions on BMs from that era soon enough). Courier somethingÂ…. Systems? You know there's a courier thread here on adv: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375701 Enjoy the book and spread the word. Chris PS: Croydon has gone downhill since you left
Downhill? It was already below sea level and I contributed to that plunge in ways I cannot mention Word is already spreading, Chris.
