Metallic masterpiece
What do you go for when looking for a bike to ride in classic MX? Yes, that’s one of those ‘how long is a piece of string?’ questions isn’t it? There are all sorts of considerations to take into account, such as which class do you want to ride in? Is there are particular marque which holds favour with you? Do I need to go on? You get the picture...
If you’re John Fleming you arrive at your answer by doing a fair bit of research, asking questions, talking to people and building up a picture of what you actually need. “I’ve been involved in MX for a lot of years,” the 63-year-old project engineer tells me, “my dad Bill started ‘Bill Fleming Motors’ in Glasgow from nothing and built it up to be a massive business, so encouragement wasn’t in short supply.”
Now based in Cumbria, he admits he had moved away from riding a little bit while supporting his son in modern MX – until one of those life-changing moments happened: “I had to have heart bypass surgery and it made me realise there were a few things I’d not done.”
While making light of the seriousness of what he went through, he explained that it had made him realise he hadn’t quite finished with the riding side of things, and looked at the classic scene – but what to ride?
The result of his
