Many former bikers try to regain the elixir of youth by buying the machine they could not afford in their 20s.
Motorcycles are much more powerful today than they were 40 years ago, although often they will have safety features such as anti-lock-braking (ABS) which was first used on a bike in 1983.
Nick McClellan, who features on our front page this week, said he has a lot of experience riding on narrow roads and has certainly not faced any police action regarding his crash. Even so, he came a cropper and was extremely lucky to escape serious injury or death.