Delboys Classic British Motorcycles
Delboy has always had
an interest in British motorcycles, having grown up
during the golden era before Honda et al flooded the
market with plastic replicas, he had fond memories of the
motorcycles he had ridden in his youth. He was fortunate enough
to find an abandoned Greeves in a garden whilst working,
which he rode for a while before it was stolen and
destroyed. The rebuilding of that classic motorcycle led
to Delboys fascination with collecting, restoring and
riding many more vintage British bikes from the 50's, and 60's
and now even into the 70's.
He now owns several classic bikes in varying
degrees of restoration and repair. All of them are used
as often as is possible, and are all kept at least ready
to ride unless some major reworking is taking place. A
few of his bikes are good enough to show on a regular
basis and he attends as many classic and vintage motorcycle shows and
rallys as his time and money allow. They are often looked
at with a critical eye by the purists but as Delboy says,
those motorbikes were made to be ridden, and he will keep them
on the road rather than a trailer, and sometimes you have
to sacrifice perfect originality for practicality.
His collection of vintage motorcycles includes an Ariel Red
Hunter, an Ariel VB and a 3 wheeled Ariel 3, as well as a
BSA A7 Star Twin. He also still owns the Greeves which
originally started it off and a rather strange looking
bike made by DMW called a Deemster. One of his classics is held in a museum in Greenford West London,although it isn't a motorbike per se, being an Ariel 3, 3 wheeled motorcycle of 70's vintage. So take a look around this site to see the full collection of Dels classic and vintage motorcycles spanning 3 decades of the 20th century.

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