The remarkable Giacomo Agostini still dazzles the adoring Stafford crowds, while scores of desirable classics have wide ranging appeal.
Where else are a Velocette Thruxton, a supercharged V-twin Rudge and a Garelli Cross sports moped all prize winners at the same show, their respective owners handed their trophies by an Italian motorcycling legend, flown in especially for the event? Stafford of course!
As well as the glittering machines on show – and none glittered more spectacularly than Martyn Carter’s 1966 Velocette Thruxton, though, actually, the same man’s Wideline International Norton, stood alongside, was pretty much of the same standard of shininess – there was all the usual show highlights too, with the aforementioned Giacomo Agostini, fire-up areas, off-road hall, trails demonstration, stunt shows, private entries, sprawling autojumble and trade, plus the lifeblood of the event, the myriad club stands.
Proving that all that glitters is Gold Star,
