The Classic MotorCycle

A Stevenage salute

Elk Promotions set a high bar for the last show of its 2023 season. This was scheduled for the familiar surroundings of the South of England Showground at Ardingly in Sussex, but the theme was to be ‘sporting Vincents’. Sadly, most of the high achievers that originated from Stevenage are in museums or elsewhere around the globe, but with help from Ardingly regulars and enthusiastic input from the Vincent Owners’ Club the resulting display achieved an interesting variety, with some familiar and some less well-known success stories there for everyone’s delectation.

Among the sporting and touring Vincents on display, arguably the best known of the competition Vincents were

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