 As soon as she could legally ride, at the age of 14, she persuaded her father to let her have a motorcycle.He acquired a pre World War 1 Premier from a scrapyard and Marjorie had to rebuild it before she could ride it.When she had proved her ability to ride and keep the motorcycle running her father gave her a Calthorpe which she later sold at profit in order to buy an ex WD Triumph 500cc.