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.Bike meet fifties style. Looks like winter time from theriding gea...

Seeing as I've now put plenty of time and alas money in to my Gold Star I thought I might as well make it comfortable to ride too. The standard clip on position just doesn't suit me: could be something to do with being tall or I could just be getting older. I get on well with rear sets and flat bars...

Here are the rest of the bunch of photos from the 1956 and 1957 Pioneer Runs.Royal Enfield v-twin again.Not completely sure but that looks like the Kerry asfeatured in the last post.Easy ride on a Henderson.Can't identify this machine.1950s version of a go-pro.Terrible blurry photo. Top of the class...

Great image of a late twenties AJS side valve flat tanker. baker boy cap, waistcoat, plus fours and clogs - proper riding gear!Late twenties AJS side valv...

I passed through Myanmar (formerly Burma) for work recently and came across this ex War Department Chevrolet truck. The truck is still looked after and is pressed in to use as a shuttle bus to take tourists between Thanwe Airport and a resort. There seems to be quite a few transportation remnants of...

I recently came across a series of images from the Pioneer Run dating from 1956 / 57. Many of these machines were already 50 years old back then. Interesting how the accent of the Run was on really early machinery though the cut off date of 1914 was the same as it is today. I wonder how many of these...

Here's the sales flyer for the Kriedler J51 from round about 1955. A fine quality moped in its day from a firm that would go on to make some extremely fast fifties.Kriedler J51 brochure front page.Kriedler J51 brochure rear pag...

A bit different from the usual subject matter but somehow relevant. This device is an Argson electric invalid carriage and the image is dated 1940. When the petrol has all run out these babies will be in high demand from us retro heads!Argson electric invalid carriag...

A spot more fettling on the Gold Star of late. It's nearly there, didn't make the deadline of getting it sorted in time to ride to Dijon though. That was probably a Bullet dodged - I'd forgotten just how far Dijon is away and four days' ride on a 350cc cafe racer wouldn't have been a lot of fun. The...

Great photo of a veteran Triumph circa 1912. The gent riding has got a bit of a Tyrolean vibe going on with his outfit. The fact that in most of these veteran photos the chaps are wearing hats leads me to believe that they must have ridden everywhere in the sub 15mph zone...Veteran Triumph free hub...

Well loaded up Douglas and Triumph enjoying life out on the road. Great how a suitcase is strapped to the back of the Douglas. Douglas and Triumph having an adventur...

The final batch of pictures from Moto Legendes.One of a trio of tastefully cafe racerised sixties BMWs.This 1929 Model 19 Norton definitely has theright stuff.As does this TT model Triumph.Beesa Gold Star / B34 bitsa has character.Proper French eccentricity. Velosolex with knitted accessories.Another...