KIWI RIDER DECEMBER 2017 VOL.2 | Page 71

That’s the thing about some T-shirts. It might have an ‘M’ on the tag but in some places of production a medium is not the same as what we would call a medium. Yep, should have bought a large but hey, it’s brand new and looks nice hanging on the wall. The one T-shirt I did ensure the right sizing for, as I was indeed a slimmer chap back in my early 20s, was the best one I ever had, and I should have kept it. But you don’t tuck away a T-shirt with the design of the topside of Barry Sheene’s leathers adorned upon it. He was my hero and I wrote to some place in the UK in 1977 and bought one. I loved it, and wore it and wore it and never tired of explaining to people who came across me wearing