Category: Touring

The Journey to Bielefed, Germany

The trip ‘home’ was absolutely uneventful, the old girl (nearly as old as me, don’t forget!) cruised at a steady 70mph all the way (not rebuilt yet, so no need to ‘run-in’), despite all the spares etc that I was also carrying in my luggage! It must have looked good, packed up like a touring-bike…


1956 Matchless G80S

Ah yes, the one and only Matchless I ever owned. I believe that this was bought in 1981; four international moves, a divorce and a number of other life-changing events have made it impossible to keep all my paperwork and photos intact, unfortunately…I picked this one up in London for the aforementioned sum (£800) and…