900 MILES BY MT-03

Sitting comfortably reading a copy of MSL, I was struck by the following words written about the Yamaha MT-03: “...but if you are thinking of downsizing,” it went, “... it’s worth bearing in mind that with a smaller capacity bike you might also need to consider how and where you ride.”

This is true, but don’t let size stop you. Have any bike, have a map, have fun, is my mantra, even if both this rider and his machine are near the bottom of their respective food chains. A Yamaha MT-03, all 321 yappy, enthusiastic ccs of it, was my steed and I – the rider – possessed the wisdom and folly of three-score years and one, quite a lot of it stored amidships. Oxford bags adorned the tank and tail, a vestigial Puig