About Me

NAME: Steve Carver

AKA: ‘Kit’, ‘Doc’, ‘Prof’

BORN: Norwich, 1964

OCCUPATION: Writer & Editor

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Labourer; Warehouseman; Dispatch Rider; Care Assistant; Welfare Rights Advisor; University Lecturer; Professor of English

MARRIED: Yes. Twice. (The triumph of hope over experience)

KIDS: One boy, Vincent (+ two cats)

IDENTIFIES AS: A Rocker

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS: The 59 Club; Norfolk Bikers Over 50; The Saturday Morning Club

STARTED RIDING: 1979

FIRST BIKE: Honda CB 125

FIRST LEGAL BIKE: Yamaha YB 100

PASSED TEST: 1982

CURRENT BIKES: 1959 BSA 650 A10 ‘Golden Flash’, (solo and combo); 1976 BMW R75/6; 2002 Harley Sportster

DREAM BIKE: Vincent Black Shadow

CAR(S): Fuck off

Me on A10 in my mate Mick’s drive, just turned 21, 1985. (I still have that jacket, but not the hair.)

Me on the same bike at Rooster’s Bike Barn just before the pandemic.