Feature Articles
It’s a retro Bruce, but not as we know it...
26 January 2012
An Australian take on the retro scene sets a new standard for home-grown specials, writes Hamish Cooper.
Newark 2012 - The Main Hall Club Stands
25 January 2012.
Welcome along to part two of my personal guided tour of the Carol Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show, at Newark Showground, where we take a trip around the remainder of the main hall and have a look at what was on show, just prior to the doors opening to the public on the Saturday morning.
Newark 2012 - The Private Entries
18 January 2012.
Welcome to the first ever Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show at Newark Showground. Join me as I take a look around the private entries in the relative calm before the gates were open to the public. When you see the bikes on show, you'll appreciate just how difficult a job the judges had to pick the award winners.
One man’s ideal
22 December 2011.
It’s a broad church, this classic bike business, with a range of choices from spindly veterans to sleek tourers and sportsters – but in all his years, Jim Reynolds reckons he’s never seen one quite like this.
Kawasaki S1 250
24 November 2011.
Still drop dead gorgeous and probably the best looking 250 of the 1970s, the Kawasaki S1 inspires middle-aged men to relive their teens.
Norton – 1951 McCandless prototype 500cc Twin
27 October 2011.
Say the words ‘Norton twin’ and most classic motorcyclists automatically think of the various members of the Featherbed-framed Dominator family, or the equally numerous and successful Commando variants.
Claudio Castiglioni - A true motorcycle tifoso
29 September 2011.
Claudio Castiglioni, the owner and president of MV Agusta, died on August 17, in his home town of Varese, Italy, after a courageous battle against illness. He was 64.
Honda XL250
30 June 2011.
If you’re going to be the last to enter the marketplace, then your product has to be either different or better than the competitors – Honda’s XL250 was all three.
Back to the future
26 May 2011.
Rotary-engined motorcycles have never been a huge commercial success. Suzuki went almost bankrupt on the RE-5 project, it brought an end to Germany’s Hercules machines, nor could it save Norton at that time, despite Norton fine tuning the concept remarkably well.
Kawasaki H1 Mach 3
28 April 2011.
Noisy, smoky, fuel guzzling, bad handling missiles – welcome to the world of Kawasaki in the 60s. It was a time when everything which is now banned, illegal and politically incorrect was the superbly excessive norm. Ah, great days.
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