Firstly, welcome to this month’s Classic Bike Guide.With shows every weekend and weather tempting us all out, what more could we wish for? Well, more time would be good! The Beeza has been ever-faithful, so I treated it to a new rear tyre after the mudguard slipped down and ‘remodelled’ the old one with the numberplate bolt.
And though summer, I must try to improve the headlight as I’m having to use my shooting torch to get home once the sun has gone to bed…
For now, the B31 has been relegated to the back burner as I’ve been lucky enough to have aTriumph Trophy to use.What a bike! One of the first unit construction 650s, it’s a beautiful bike that once we’d gone through it all (it had been standing for some years with petrol in it) and serviced it, is giving me a new experience, having been mainly a single cylinder rider. It feels like a new bike – keeps up with modern traffic, behaves itself and rides beautifully – what must it have been like when it was new? I wish I could afford one when it goes back.
