CUMBRIAN INVADERS

It's not very often that anybody asks me if I want to have a go on their bikes; come on, I'm not quite the safe pair of hands I used to be. No, hang on, I've never been a safe pair of hands, ever.

So when I got the offer of a blast on CMM reader Philip Graham’s Invader I was well up for it. Back in't day we sold Invaders, Super Sixes, Bloops and the occasional water-cooled (GT750s of various designations) out of our little kennel in sunny Salford. We also used T200 engines in racing karts for a little while, unbreakable and pretty quick.

And so to Cumbria, to visit Phil for a gander at the little gem. Pulling up at his place we heard those most welcome words: “Fancy a brew?”

As we supped our tea and had a look at Phil's