Classic British Bikes. During our Monthly Ride outs we have travelled far and wide and visited a few Classic Bike Shows over the years. Our next Ride Out on the 18th of October will see us trekking up to The Stafford Classic Bike and Motor Mechanics Show. The auto-jumble at these events always amazes me, but to see the lovingly restored finished product is truly astounding.
After the fire a few years ago at the British Motorcycle Museum near Coventry many Classic British Bikes were lost in the flames, never to be replaced.
In recognition of the British ingenuity that saw British Bikes rule The World I will be doing a periodic feature on these pages highlighting a particular Classic. Some quirky, some strange, but some true Classics that most of us can identify with. I didn’t realise that there were so many different names associated with the Bike history in Britain.
Names like Triumph and Norton mix with Rudge and Singer and even the ‘Humber Trike‘ which will be the first featured machine.
So keep a watch on these pages and enjoy a journey into nostalgia, oil leaks, solid rubber tyres, tool rolls and leather seats. When the only ‘Engine Management System’ needed was a bag of spanners and an oily rag!
See you soon.