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    Motorcycle Man
    Motorcycle Man
    Motorcycle Man
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    Motorcycle Man

    By David E. Gates

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    David E. Gates brings you a joyful reminiscence of his days of motorcycling. A memoir for bikers, and bike-likers, of all ages, everywhere.

    Experience the thrills and spills of a young man's foray into motorcycling. From simple scooters to high-powered super-bikes, from commuters to tourers, revel in the highs and lows from the author that brought you Omonolidee.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid E. Gates
    Release dateJun 8, 2020
    ISBN9781393182085
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    David E. Gates

    Biography - David E. Gates.David E. Gates has published a number of books and short-stories.The Roots of Evil, his first horror novel, was voted "best to read" on the Novel Festival site in September 2017!https://novelwritingfestival.com/2017/09/16/best-of-horror-gothic-novels/He previously won the SILVER prize in the AuthorsDB 2016 Cover Contest for The Ghost of Clothes and won best HORROR Novel Logline for 2016 for The Roots of Evil.He has previously won first prize (Gold) for The Roots of Evil and third prize (Bronze) for Access Denied in the 2015 AuthorsDB Cover Contest, and has made a film about the battlefield memorials in Ypres, Belgium called Ypres – The Battlefield Tours (available at www.shelleyshow.co.uk).David has previously written film reviews for Starburst and Samhain magazines and interviewed the likes of Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, James Herbert and many others. He has also written a number of short stories, a full-length motion picture screenplay, the screenplay to a short film and in his spare time hosts a rock radio show.“The self-publishing phenomenon enabled me to publish my first book, Access Denied, at the end of 2013. It’s a true story. A deeply personal and heart-wrenching account of my becoming a father and then finding out several years later that my daughter wasn’t mine.”David’s story and the effect this had on him, his family and loved ones is moving and tragic and is already getting great feedback.With 100% positive reviews Access Denied is, as one reader put it, “A well told, quite extraordinary true story that stays with you. A must read for both men and women alike.”Access Denied is available in Audiobook, Kindle and Paperback formats.“Since then, I’ve published my first horror novel, The Roots of Evil - a graphic, violent, intense and gore-laden horror story. Quite different from my first book.”An original short-story, a branch “off” of The Roots of Evil trilogy, called The Ghost of Clothes is available from online bookstores and at www.davidegates.com.David previously won a competition to write the second part of a short horror story, called Savages. The first and last parts were written by the famous horror writer Shaun Hutson and are hosted on Shaun’s website. David is also working on two sequels to his first horror novel.“In July 2015, I published a selection of travelogues called Omonolidee (I’m on Holiday). It’s a unique, funny and (very) candid collection of my experiences when I travelled to Florida, Egypt, Tenerife and other places.”David’s third book, Omonolidee (I’m on Holiday) – has received great reviews. Omonolidee (I’m on Holiday) is available in three different versions, Full Colour Illustrated from www.davidegates.com and Black and White Illustrated & Text-Only versions via Amazon.“Back in October 2014, my poem, Remembrance, inspired by the thoughts I had during the 100th year anniversary of the start of World War I, was read aloud in front of an audience at the Museum of the Royal Navy. The video of this was subsequently displayed on the big screen in the Guildhall Square. I was invited to read it again in front of a specially-invited audience later in the year. The film I made in 2011, Ypres – The Battlefields Tours, was also selected for screening at a film festival in Portsmouth and my World War I poems are on display at the World War I Remembrance Centre at Fort Widley on Portsdown Hill near Portsmouth.”“I’m currently working on a full-length novel called The Climbing Frame, publishing a movie script, producing a short film, developing and writing the sequels to The Roots of Evil and I am putting together another collection of short stories and poems.”The Roots of Evil wins best HORROR Novel Logline for 2016.The Ghost of Clothes wins SILVER – 2nd Prize in the AuthorsDB.com 2016 Cover Contest!The Roots of Evil wins GOLD - 1st Prize, in the AuthorsDB.com 2015 Cover Contest!Access Denied received 3rd Prize, Bronze, in the AuthorsDB.com 2015 Cover Contest!The Wretched, an original horror story set in and around Portsmouth, was released in November 2016.Follow the author’s blog at www.davidegates.com

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      Motorcycle Man - David E. Gates

      Also available by David E. Gates 

      ––––––––

      Books

      Access Denied 

      The Roots of Evil 

      Omonolidee 

      First Words 

      The Wretched 

      Unzipped: The Mind of a Madman

      The Deeper Roots of Evil

      ––––––––

      Short Stories

      The Ghost of Clothes 

      The Christmas Carol 

      A Planned Demise 

      Omonolidee – Two Sides of Vegas 

      Omonolidee – Morgado, Portugal, 2018 

      Fixing the Faker 

      End Request

      ––––––––

      Screenplays

      The Projectionist

      ––––––––

      Films

      Ypres – The Battlefields Tour 

      ––––––––

      Coming Soon

      The Climbing Frame

      Dedication

      For bikers, and bike-likers, everywhere.

      Thanks

      Special thanks to Dean Hopton for his invaluable input and experience.

      Motorcycle Man

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      My first memory of being on a motorcycle was when my father, after having strapped a bag containing my clothes to the back of his Honda CB250, pulled away from our home in Stamshaw, Portsmouth, with me riding pillion.

      I was around seven or eight years old and clung to my Dad as he rode the bike out of town and up to Lovedean Lane, in Lovedean, Hampshire, just the other side of Waterlooville and Cowplain. 

      It was the summer school holidays and my parents would ship me off to my grandparents for several weeks to make life easier on my mother who had my two younger sisters to look after.

      My Dad had bikes since his youth. An Ariel and a Triumph Speed Twin among them.

      After a couple of years, my Dad’s bike made way to cars. An Opel Kadett, left-hand drive that my uncle Mick had driven back from Europe avoiding import duty, and sometime after that a Ford Anglia. Probably the expense of running two vehicles and needing to focus on an option that better suited a burgeoning family was the key reason for him moving away from bikes. He did ride again, albeit briefly, when I let him ride one of my bikes so he could experience the speed and thrill of it.

      It wasn’t until I was sixteen, in 1982, when I got the chance to ride a motorcycle, in the form of a scooter, the Honda Express, in an orange colour, that my Mum bought for commuting.

      1 - The Honda Express (or NC50 as it was also known)

      The Honda Express, or Honda NC50 as it was also known, was a scooter made by Honda between 1977 and 1983. It was powered by an air-cooled 49cc two-stroke engine and I remember having to put oil in the petrol tank from time to time.

      I recall the jingle from the adverts too.

      Honda Express makes that sound... It’s the fun, fun, way to get around!.

      It was terrific fun. And very easy to ride. You simply sat on it, primed the engine via the spring starter and then turned the throttle to pull away.

      Apart from riding it here, there and everywhere in and around Portsmouth, when I got the chance, I also took it scrambling. On the waste ground adjacent to Paulsgrove tip, opposite where my mate Dean, also a bike-lover, lived, was an area of tracks and hillocks which we, along with Mike Burge who had a C70 of some description, would ride around and over.

      We would enter the area through a gap torn in the fence and I recall Burge, who never had much luck

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