Mike Packwood

  Triumph Tiger T90 This is the Tiger on the day it was removed from its garage home where it had sat since 1980. It went to a dealer for a month or so before coming to me in the Autumn of 2022. Welcome to the Repair shed our latest recruit, a 1965 Triumph Tiger 90 350. Back before dad met mum he used to ride bikes. His last bike before moving onto cars was one of these, a Triumph Tiger 90. So when it came to selling the scooter and choosing my first classic bike there was only ever going to be one candidate. I spent ages looking for one and then out of the blue this appeared only 10 miles away. So as soon as we got there to have a look I knew I was going to buy it. The fact that it started and sounded like a Spitfire ticking over only helped to seal the deal. The very nice chap delivered it in a van a week later and here it is. What do we know about this bike then? Well it's local to Cardiff as far as I can tell - so will have come from Bevans when they were situate...

Here's the latest addition to the family and officially 'my new hobby! 121KNP is a 1962 Lambretta LI150. He's lived his entire life in Worcestershire with three previous owners all of whom lived within a mile of two of each other. Despite appearances it runs, starts and stops. But really its not at all bad considering its just been pulled out of a shed where its been sat since 1973! Lovers of patina will doubtless say 'leave it as it is' and I do understand....but it's already too late. The process of smartening him up has already begun. (But I do need to find a way of preserving that sticker you can see in the second picture which he's been proudly wearing since he was first sold in April 1962. by the dealer who is still there and now sells Yamahas The reason I bought this one? Well he's the same age as me and is exactly the same model as the first ever vehicle I bought when I was 17, 40 years ago. That one cost £35. This one considerably more! ...