My first bike was a Yamaha TY50, learnt to ride on it and learned to fight.
The old man bought one bike between two brothers (6 and 10) living on a farm near Kentani in the Old Transkei. You can imagine the rest.
We started with the my day, your day thing, then lost the plot.
At least I was older, and didn't care if I was called a bully, I got more bike time and that was that

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He did go on to become a multiple EC and Border MX Champ though. I went on to become the guy with the most crashes in a single year.