A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS GRAHAM MONRO

“I’ve always loved the water and when I was 15, I used to hitchhike from St Ives down to the surf at Bilgola Beach on Sydney’s northern beaches. But I wasn’t a great surfer. Surfing is very natural and there is no oil or petrol, but it was surfing that actually got me into motorbikes… the fluidity of it. I was very keen on motorbikes from the get-go and, in 1973, my first motorbike was a 250cc

Suzuki. I was 16 and nine months and had my learner’s permit, but I wasn’t allowed to have a bike so I left it at my mate’s. I got found out and my Dad made me bring it home and he chained it up. One of... that’s my carbonfibre paddle in the picture. If