The Classic Motorcycle Special

Classic British Legends is the first of a series, which celebrates the nation’s two-wheeled dream machines, the men who rode them and the tracks that played host to their greatest triumphs. 

It covers everything from Triumph Bonnevilles, Barry Sheene and Cadwell Park, through to the BSA Bantam, Vincent V-twins, Jeff Smith and Brooklands. 

Illustrations are provided by the Mortons Media Group archive and include a selection of rare period photographs. 

This eclectic collection will hopefully have wide appeal and is, basically, just an assortment of things which, over many years of involvement with old motorcycles, have interested and intrigued me; people, places and, of course, the motorcycles. There’s not a huge amount of rhyme nor reason, while I’ve plenty of other subjects to investigate in the future too. 

Most of those featured in this collection I’ve had personal involvement with or experience of; I’ve been lucky enough to have ridden every incarnation of Bonneville, from the first pre-units to the latest ‘modern’ examples – in my humble opinion, the ‘best’ of the bunch was an extremely well sorted 1970 USA spec, which combined classic looks and agility with a fantastic, eager engine – several Vincent twins, many Bantams, a couple of Rotary Nortons, at least two Scotts, KTTs from Mk.I to Mk.VIII.