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In pictures: Vintage motorcycles take to the roads

Gavin Kermack
BBC News, West Midlands
VMCC A group of five men in brown jackets over shirts and ties, with brown trousers and wearing helmets, sit on vintage motorcycles. One of them has a sidecar in which a young boy sits, also wearing a brown jacket over a shirt and tie. Crowds of people are watching from the other side of a barrier.VMCC
About 300 motorcycles, many of them more than a century old, take part in the Banbury Run each year (pictured L-R: the 1918 BSA Model H 557cc; the 1923 Douglas 4hp 596cc; the 1923 AJS Model D 770cc; the 1909 Lincoln Elk 3hp 400cc)

Hundreds of vintage motorcycles were out on the roads in Warwickshire at the weekend, for the annual Banbury Run.

The event, which this year was celebrating its 75th anniversary, saw 300 motorcycles take to the streets without the luxury of features like clutches, gears and modern braking systems.

All the bikes dated from 1930 or before, with the oldest built in 1897.

Organised by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC), the bikes set out from the British Motor Museum in Gaydon on Sunday morning, taking a variety of routes before returning to the museum.

VMCC A man and a woman sit in a vintage two-seater car, next to a man on a motorcycle. Crowds of people are watching from the other side of a barrier.VMCC
VMCC A man in old-school motorcycle clothing sits on a vintage bike with a woman on the back. They are both wearing helmets. Crowds of people are watching from the other side of a barrier.VMCC
The Morgan Aero 1100cc and Triumph Model P 500cc, both built in 1926.
The 1923 AJS Model D 770cc.

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