The James Captain was actually my brother's. This is the James Colonel with Francis Barnett designed 225cc two-stroke engine. Anything under 250cc could be ridden on a provisional licence in those days. I rode a motorbike to school and my friend rode a scooter. We got them as soon as we were allowed to by law at 16. He was the mod and I was the rocker (not really) but we did take them up to the Lake District for a holiday and managed to get around the Fylde area. I later bought the BSA M20 which was a single cylinder 500cc four stroke machine. It had a door in place of the sidecar and I fitted handles so that friends could hold on as we rode around. After sixth form I spent a year in Derby at Rolls-Royce who sponsored me. My brother and I shared a mini van by then but I bought the 750cc twin Ariel Hunstsmaster with two adult sidecar. That meant that I could take three passengers. I was able to cruise at 70mph between Derby and Poulton but the drag on the sidecar was such that I rode along the motorway with one foot on the left handle bar because my arms were too tired to hold the bike in a straight line. The Ariel had twin footbrakes on the left. Operate both to slow in a straight line, operate sidecar only to help round left hand corners.
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