Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

At the Cole face

Journalists normally ask the ‘bucket question’ at the end – but I want to get in early, as Henry Cole is a busy man, after all…

So I ask: “Do you care that some people in biking circles hate you?” It’s a relevant question as ‘The Motorcycle Show’ is currently in the middle of its 11th season. He responds with a laugh and says: “I don’t care what people say, I just do my thing and put bikes on the television – that’s good, right? These people are simply armchair critics.”

That’s that sorted then. Cole, it seems, is remarkably honest and refreshingly so. He says: “I directed a

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