You'd think that anyone who spends half the week mucking around with motorbikes and the other half of the week writing about mucking around with motorcycles might do something totally different in their spare time. Like – oh, I don't know skydiving or maeramé. But no. For our day off in January we visited a motorcycle factory, and for our day off in February, we visited a motorcycle show. And it would be tricky to find two more different experiences…
Our first outing involved a 450 mile round trip to Hinckley. A quarter century ago, we were regular visitors at the original Triumph factory, fetching test bikes for magazine features. That factory was a
