1981 and my biking back catalogue and street riding know-how grows. But trail biking in the UK is just too restrictive. After reading about the California desert racing scene in Dirt Bike, I start preparing my second XT500 for the Sahara.
Meanwhile Thatcher and unemployment and nuclear sabre-rattling and racial unrest contribute to a nationwide outbreak of rioting, including Brixton, just down the road from out Kennington squat.
Brixton
Bikes at Muswell Hill squat – 1981
Caslon
Desmo and Velocette, Muswell Hill – 1981
On the Ridgeway – 1981
KLX in Cornwall – 1981
