The Classic MotorCycle

Prospective project purchases

lthough I have plenty of projects to keep me going, I always enjoy trolling through the classified adverts to see what’s out there. Over the years, I have noticed that they are changing. I suppose it’s inevitable, though I remember, as a teen, handing over £25 for quite a nice Francis-Barnett Plover, wheeled out of an urban garage, cheap because it was an obsolete 25-year-old ex-commuter bike. Fresh fuel and I was on the road, and a couple of year later some profit when I passed

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