Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Magazine April 2016 Back Issue

In any walk of life there are people out there who are just so darned good at what they do, it almost makes you want to give up.

When I think of any of my daft hobbies, I know that – during my time enjoying said hobbies – I will always bump into someone that just makes me almost want to throw in the towel. Someone for whom – for some reason – the things you find hard to do are somehow as easy as falling off a log.

Whether you play an instrument, sing, dance, make model trains, or do the polka, someone, somewhere is going to be just more naturally adept than you, no matter how good your guitar, or how good your dancing shoes are. I’m talking about people like Allen Millyard. Now, I’ve seen many of Allen’s amazing creations in the flesh and to say they’re better than original is an understatement. He seems to meld the manufacturer’s eye for excellence with sheer dogged engineering determination. This is why we sent our own dog-eared engineer – Pip Higham – to meet him. The end result is a two-part feature which begins on page 54.

Pip came back wide-eyed and babbled incoherently for longer than he normally babbles incoherently for. By the time I got to see the pictures I realised that – far from making any of us want to give up – people like Allen, (genius is too small a word) actually serve to inspire us. So, head to page 54 and prepare to be inspired.