The Classic MotorCycle

A brief chat with... …Ben Butterworth

How old were you when motorcycles as an interest grabbed you? Or more to the point when classic motorcycles as an interest grabbed you? And why did these older machines pique your interest? Maybe you were like me and of the era which still regarded old British bikes as cheap transport when we were young.

Problem is we’re not young anymore and neither are our contemporaries. It is a sad fact the older riders do pack in riding at some point, not always because they drop off their perch, but left unchecked this movement in riders means unless younger enthusiasts take up the mantle, old motorcycles will

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