THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO VISIT A BIG show like Stafford. You might be there to admire the work of some of the greatest restorers and special builders, to meet up with old friends and make new ones, or check out the many and varied owners’ clubs. You might be there to pick up spares and tools.
At last month’s Stafford classic show, my own purchases included a set of picks and scrapers I could have bought for a fiver less at my local hardware store, and the wrong speedometer cable for a Kawasaki Z650 – who knew they had a different drive gearbox on the first models to all the other ones?
For some, though, it’s a place to buy a bike. For the well-heeled, this means splashing out £20
