The Classic MotorCycle

Ride to work (and shops) days

This month, I have spotted a number of vintage and classic machines out and about during the midweek, rather than the more usual weekends, where they are going to and from events.

Probably most notable was a CS1 Norton in race trim, leant against railings outside a church in the middle of Luton, near where I was working that day. Then there was a Mobylette outside a row of shops in Bedford, where the owner had used it to pop into town for a

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