Feature Articles
Singularly simple
27 August 2010
Racing improves the breed. How many times has that adage been dragged out in a motorcycle road test? Well, it may be old but it is, at least to a certain extent, true. It doesn’t, however, altogether guarantee big sales, especially when fashion dictates. Nigel C takes a look at one such BSA, which ticks both boxes.
A pretty twin set
29 July 2010.
Sidecar combinations are not as common a sight these days as they once were, so any outfit is worth a look but especially so when it’s as stunning as this one. Keith Fryer got all close and personal.
Gold standard: BSA Gold Star
24 June 2010.
From unremarkable beginnings as a development of the Empire Star for the 1938 sales season, BSA’s Gold Star models went on to become motorcycling legends. CBG gives you the edited highlights.
Accidental rarity
27 May 2010.
Motorcycles can be fairly big projects, but there again not as big as cars, or lorries, or locomotives and certainly never as costly as houses – but it was one such housing project which led all the way back to one of Triumph’s rarest lightweights. Nigel C. explains.
The World's Fastest Norton
29 April 2010.
Too much salt isn’t necessarily bad for your health. Sam Wheeler has been chasing the World Motorcycle Land Speed Record for over 40 years on everything from a Norton Commando to a Kawasaki ZX11 and is still going strong.
Valiant effort
25 March 2010.
It was a brave move by Velocette to digress from their successful and well respected singles and arguably one at which the root cause of their eventual demise could well be placed. However, the Little Engine and its siblings have their loyal fans – Nigel C. went to meet one such man.
A Matchless masquerade?
25 February 2010.
It’s a conundrum many marque enthusiasts have found themselves in and one, which causes a rumpus around equally as many owners’ club committees - when does your marque cease to become your marque, or is it always your marque irrespective?
James Robinson sampled one such conundrum.
One hundred percent Hack
26 January 2010.
What do you do if you want to ride out during the winter months but you don’t want to muck up your regular season classic? Easy – you sort yourself out a winter hack. Nigel C did just that.
Little Red Rocket
16 January 2010.
As the swingin’ 60s waned and the tasteless, turbulent 70s beckoned, the cry from the modern motorcyclist, not least from across the pond, was ‘more’. Though they’d been on the stocks for a handful of years already, BSA-Triumph were rushed into releasing their triples under the threat of an imminent large capacity multi from the Orient. Nigel C samples one of the very first batch.
All that glitters
17 December 2009.
What do you do with a Featherbed when you’re fed up of building Tritons and you’ve already got a Vincent? Easy, stick a Gold Star engine in and take it from there. Nigel C donned his shades to check out the results.
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