Classic Bike Hub UK

Ever wondered why some people seem to revel in riding their classic bikes in winter, while others just head for the nearest bar – or the nearest ditch. Martin Gelder has some top tips… This isn’t intended to be one of those “Riding Guides” that many of the ‘proper’ magazines seem to love so much…

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Everyone should be more sociable. Riding a classic motorcycle is a sociable activity. We’re told. Frank Westworth’s ears have become very bent… It’s always great to talk to fellow riders. Bikers, motorcyclists, one-trackers, call them what you will – call me what you will! – it makes little difference. Most of them have tales to…

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Dave Wooding recalls his time spent with a Triumph 3T, a BSA B31 (and a Reliant but we won’t mention that) among other old bikes, and ponders the attractions of motorcycling in general… I returned from an earlier than usual ride this morning after a leisurely 50 miles through the autumn countryside in Cheshire. It…

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Old bikes are old bikes are old bikes, says Frank Westworth. Except, of course, when they’re new… Do you remember when old bikes were exactly that? Old bikes. Nothing more. Some were good old bikes and a lot were not. A few were exceptional, and anyone who actually rode bikes – well, more than just…

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Steve Cooper from the VJMC brings us up to date with some information about next year’s Uttoxeter Show, and contemplates the value of originality… The VJMC Uttoxeter show will be running again in 2011 over the first weekend of July as usual, from the 1st to the 3rd. For the 2011 event the VJMC are…

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‘Tell us what you think’ and ‘have your say’ seem ubiquitous these days. Magazine editors listen closely to every word you tell them. Whether magazine editors act upon those words is another matter entirely. Frank Westworth admits defeat… ‘I don’t bother reading magazines any more. They’re all the same.’ I scratch my head in an…

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Steve Cooper of the VJMC gets controversial with his feelings about show-going trophy-hunters whose classic bikes don’t… actually… work… There’s a very worrying trend within the classic bike world that, until a few years ago, I’d have struggled to give any credence to. To be frank (no, not FrankW, that would be stretching credulity well…

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We all know what it’s like to browse the trade stalls at classic bike shows. But what’s life like on the other side of the trestle table? Paul Goff shares a working weekend in the life of an autojumbler… Two jumbles this weekend. The first was at Ross on Wye, so I got up early…

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The international classic bike scene boasts many men of metal. Roger Slater grabs a chat with one of them, Sonny Angel of San Diego… Few motorcyclists in England will have any idea as to who is Sonny Angel, but over in the USA it is a completely different story. Sonny has been a revered legend…

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To some folk, a classic bike is a precious thing to be cosseted and cared for. Steve Cooper of the VJMC argues that there’s room for the scruffy sort, too… I recently encountered the legendary chap who has what appears to be the world’s most care-worn BSA Bantam. Sporting copious layers of hand-applied blue and…

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