As you know, I have been pursuing my strange occupation for a very long time - since 1988, in fact. And that's only the full-time portion - I worked on a club magazine for several years before that, slowly understanding how magazines work. This does help if you intend to pursue that particular strange occupation
In the same way, a working knowledge of most things motorcycle is a tremendous boon, and although I genuinely have forgotten more about old bikes than most folk would ever want to know, I am rarely surprised much when I ride a bike with a view to writing about it. OK, I am often surprised by how good a particular machine is to ride - less often, there's the opposite surprise too, but you'll never…
