‘The Scrapbook Series – Triumph’ captures that flavour, but as author James Robinson has access to the archives of English magazines like The Motor Cycle and Motor Cycling you can be sure that the quality is a lot better than the scrapbook you made when you were 10 years old.

The soft-backed 134 page A4 book covers Triumph motorcycles from the very beginning, through two World Wars, the boom years and the hard times. There are concise introductions that set the scene for each of the 12 chapters, and hundreds of great photographs and illustrations to enjoy.

The Triumph Scrapbook costs just £10.49 (about 11 euro) including postage to Europe. Order online at www.mortonsbooks.co.uk