Interview: Hugo Wilson

Hugo Wilson is the editor of Classic Bike, the world’s biggest selling classic motorcycle magazine. He lives in the north east of England, rather than London, as you might expect, and presides over a well-written and beautifully designed monthly. When not exercising his formidable editorial skills, Wilson rides a Moto Morini 3½—another clue that this is a man of excellent taste. What was the first motorcycle you bought with your own money? A 1970 Cotton Cavalier trials bike. It cost £125 that I’d earnt working on a farm during school holidays. I was thirteen years old and it scared me...