Author: Classic Bike Hub UK

The archetypal mid-1950s English all-rounder. After the swinging arm model was introduced in 1954, production of both rigid and plunger versions continued for a couple of years, but by 1956, when this bike was built,

Edward Turner’s first triumph of style over substance: the 5T twin uses the single’s chassis, which was hard-pushed already by the performance of the Tiger 90… CRITICS OF THE Speed Twin justifiably argue that it

Back in the 1960s, lightweight two-strokes, which the British motorcycle industry had produced in droves, were virtually a throw-away item. Not that anybody actually threw anything away in those days, it somehow went against the

Inspiration is everywhere, but taking the plunge and actually committing yourself to your first hands-on project can be daunting. The process normally starts when you find yourself transfixed by someone else’s special. It’d be perfect,

A sense of purpose, from every angle IT DIDN’T TAKE too long after the launch of the 790cc Bonnie in 2001 for the first customised café racers and street scramblers to come rolling out of

For many the black and gold Velo is some sort of ultimate big Brit single ‘FIRST CLASS PERFORMANCE without fuss’ promised Veloce when it reintroduced its 500 ohv single in 1954. That’s not too far

The 750 weighs over 500lb before you add fuel, and unhelpfully carries much of that mass up high MV AGUSTA WAS never an ordinary motorcycle manufacturer, and the 750 Sport is no ordinary motorcycle. For

Apart from the US market bling, there’s little to suggest that this is in fact a high performance machine rather than another boulevard brave IF THE 1960s were the decade when ordinary people did extraordinary