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THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS  OF A TEENAGER AND HIS FIRST BIKE.

Oh Woe is me! Chuck & some of his mates have come home & are trying to stick my number plate back on. ‘What’s going on?’ asks Dad. ‘Er’ says Chuck & mumbles something about ‘I think I caught on the gatepost.’ On further inspection, Dad discovers a crease in the middle of the rear mudguard, the back light smashed, number plate & L-plate missing & the wiring ripped out. ‘It looks to me like a wheelie that went wrong.’ Chuck looks a bit sheepish & mumbles ‘Oh, it could be but it wasn’t me.’ Ho hum.

Worse still, a few weeks later a permanently skint Chuck decides I need more oil in the tank & when you pour it on the floor, 20/50 looks just like 2 stroke oil. Great, save buying any. A few days later, Chuck needs to ring home. ‘ The bike’s just packed up on me again!’ Out comes the van & trailer again. There’s a horrible noise when they try to kick start me, it’s only when they bang on the exhaust that they find out where my piston is now living.

Chuck is nearly 17 now so I’ll be no longer needed & I think my engine is beyond economic repair. So what happens now? Is this the end? At least there will be no more bloody 16 year olds!

CHECK NEXT MONTH FOR ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE........ IF HE'S STILL ON THE ROAD.

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