I’ve been wanting to do a post about Britten motorcycles for a while but copyright concerns meant finding an image was a bit problematic. The good folk at Vimeo, however, actively support sharing so I guess it’s okay to use this screenshot of Callum Cooper’s excellent ‘Britten - Return to The Island’ documentary which you’ll find here. 

Three years ago to this very day I purchased a Triton. It wasn’t running and it wasn’t registered, but the idea of owning a classic cafe racer – arguably the definitive classic cafe racer – was impossible to resist. Three days ago I helped load it into the back of a truck and, if all goes well, it should be in the hands of its new owner today. The circle of life, and all that.