Vintage Motorcycles

Jeff Clew has been involved with motorcycles since 1946, and has owned over sixty different machines. An experienced competitor, he has ridden in most types of competitive events, including ten years of road racing, after which he became Chief Travelling Marshal for the British Motor Cycle Racing Club. Still an active rider, he has a small collection of nine motorcycles, all of which he has restored. He joined J. H. Manuals and became the Haynes Publishing Group's Executive Editorial Director until his retirement in 1991. He has written fourteen books, nineteen workshop manuals and innumerable features for magazines and newspapers, as well as appearing on radio and television. In 1985 Jeff Clew was awarded the Montagu Trophy, the first time it had been awarded for a motorcycle marque history.

War and the aftermath /The overhead-valve engine becomes a reality /Expanding options /Saddle tanks and wired-on tyres /The last years of the vintage period /Further reading and clubs /Places to visit