FOR SOMEONE WITH A WELL-DESERVED reputation for being a Nippophile, here’s the killer punch – I’m also something of a fan for British bikes! I may not automatically go frothy at the mere sight of yet another Bonneville, but I do like what I like. The trouble is the machines I covet in terms of ‘Bikes from Blighty’ tend to be variously too expensive, obscure, ruined, esoteric or non-existent. Perhaps I should explain.
Few who possess a pulse could fail not have been captivated by a Velocette
