Few mothers like the idea of their independence-hungry teenage sons taking to the road on a motorcycle. That’s why, after Adrian Hanwell bought a Dayton Albatross scooter out of his own pocket back in 1968, his mum decided to reimburse
Ian Mann’s Lambretta SX200 wears its 51 years on its panels, on its unpainted headlamp cover and on its chipped and scarred legshields and mudguard. The plumbing and heating engineer from Norfolk knows every dent, every scratch, and how that
It was 1979 and speedway legend Terry Betts had just quit the sport he loved at the age of 36. The risks that first attracted him to the oval as a fearless teenager had become too great, a serious crash
Motorcycling journalist and author Bruce Preston has owned his BMW R60/2 since 1964 and, now in his 80s, still rides it regularly. Over many years as a road tester for Motorcycle Sport magazine, it became his benchmark, the bike by
It’s -2C and there’s a dusting of snow on untreated roads. But 69-year-old John Thompson is unfazed, donning his leathers and firing the 1958 Matchless G3LS that’s been with him for more than 40 years into puttering life. The rugged
April 1964. The Beatles were top of the charts with Can’t Buy Me Love, BBC Two hit our screens with Play School, and mods and rockers were months away from clashing at Brighton. Down in Fareham on the south coast,
