Time machine
In 2019, for the first time in many years, the Cardiff Classic Motorcycle Show at Llanishen School did not clash with any other events I wanted to go to, and I managed to get down there. I paid my £5 and walked into the show hall, to be straightaway stopped in my tracks by this stunning blue and white Norton. I wasn’t the only one who liked the eye-catching example, as it went on to win The People’s Choice Trophy at the end of the show. It also happened to be the first photograph I took at the event.
A few months later, I was at a Cardiff bike night on my Yamaha XS650 chopper, when I met Leif Williams, who has a similar XS-based chop. After talking, I found Leif only lived a few miles away from me in Aberdare. He asked if I could perhaps go over one day and take some
