Dr. Peter Ayers, Department of English, is pictured here with his vintage bike, a 1941 ex-British Army dispatch rider’s machine, made by Matchless and used in North Africa. Dr. Ayers bought the bike at an auction from the estate of a wealthy and eccentric Maltese/Newfoundland collector; a man who evidently had a passion for vintage motorcycles as he owned over 100 of them. (Photo by Chris Hammond)