My name is Russell Heins and I spent my formative (and some not so formative..) years on the ‘muddy island’, where motorcycling is more of an endurance challenge than anything else for much of the year, arriving at school in South London and having to peel the soaked fingers of my gloves off the grips of my FS1-E…. So, after a sabbatical to raise and educate two sons (who are now subjecting themselves to the challenges of muddy island motorcycling), I am now back on two wheels, indulging in a hobby which I have undertaken intermittently for 42 of the last 58 years, and enjoying once again the camaraderie which goes with it, but without the environmental challenges associated with my motorcycling ‘alma mater’!!
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