Classic Bike Guide

  Background  Serendipity is a truly marvellous motive force. Without it, the world of dual-purpose motorcycles might look distinctly different today. When Jack Hoel, Yamaha

  Evolution is inevitable, which is why modern bikes often look the same, feel the same and handle similarly. But back in the Fifties the

  I bought my first Moto Guzzi V50 in 1989, from a bloke who kept it in a lock-up off a dark, dank alleyway in the

  Yamaha probably didn’t have an inkling of what it had started at the end of the 1960s when it began drafting plans for a

Words Alan Cathcart Photos Kel Edge Nowadays the term ‘Bobber’ has become as ubiquitous as café racer or street tracker, with manufacturers jumping on a

Words and pictures by Oliver Hulme “A SPORTS MACHINE in the true tradition…the Star Twin has few equals as a machine for sustained high-speed road

Triumph’s tempting torquey Tiger From Autobahns to wee twisties, this tolerant twin is tremendous fun and often recommended as a good choice for a first

Words by Oliver Hulme Photography by Jason Bryant AS DUSK FALLS on a farmyard somewhere in the south west of England, Ray Loxton is tinkering