Fine riding weather has been lacking so far this summer but yesterday evening was an exception. The evening sun was a good excuse to get out and make the most of it with a ride over to the local Dorset VMCC meet for their annual vintage car and bike ride in.

The weather drew a decent turn out of bikes and five classic / vintage cars. Here are a few snaps of the machines parked favourably for photo ops.

This snap is captioned 'Douglas 350cc 1934'. Dig the goggles and flying helmet. The stub of roll up cigarette adds to the look too.

A trip down memory lane... On holiday in Turkey back in something like 1992. I hired a MZ Kanuni and my mate Will a Honda Lead scooter. We had a great time buzzing around Cappadocia exploring the underground cities for a couple of days. The MZ was a 250 and was a sweet bike, the Honda didn't leave much of an impression but it did the job as a twist and go pretty well.

Sales brochure for the Kriedler R 50 scooter made from 1954 to 1957.

Meeting up for a ride out in the early fifties. Difficult to positively identify many of the bikes in the line up. Second from left is unmistakably a Douglas. Well done if you can name the rest of them.