Archive for September 15th, 2013

September 15, 2013

IV III II I

These four motorcycles were sat at one corner of the car show: somewhat eclipsed by the British cars on display but in their own right can stand alone as classic vehicles of blighty. The first is a wonderfully sorted Triton, combination of Norton featherbed frame and Triumph pre-unit motor. The big Manx tank and clip-ons hints at both marques racing history.

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Here’s a clean Norton Commando, great roadster of the seventies.

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A contemporary Triumph next, this one a Thruxton… A machine within my reach: perhaps some day!

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Lastly, but NOT leastly, the sublime Vincent Black Lightning 1953. Words escape me when looking upon motorcycle perfection… So let’s just look…

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