Old Bikes YOUNG FACES
“Classic bikes? Let’s face it – there’ll be no future for them once we’re gone.” “Our mainstream classics will be worthless in just a few years...” “The only old stuff that will retain any value will be the upmarket collector’s bikes.” “We’ll soon have lost all the engineering skills and knowhow to keep these things going.” How many times have you heard conversations with those sentiments when you’re at some kind of old-time bike event, supported by old-timers, poring over old-timer motorcycles? Well, I’m an old-timer and while there’s nothing wrong with us old-timers messing with old bikes, I’m totally stoked* about the future of classic motorcycling. Thing is, you don’t have to look that far to find young people living the whole classic bike dream, whether it’s restoring old clunkers, re-engineering dead flat-tankers or…
