Triumph Metisse Most classic enthusiasts will be aware that Triumph created the Trophy range from the three machines that the experimental department had converted for the 1948 ISDT by adding a few lightweight parts to
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Road Test: Norton military prototype
Norton military prototype motorcycle Simple fact of life: motorcycle makers need to move bikes through production, out of the despatch department and on to customers who will pay for them. If they offer a wide
Read moreRoad Test: Norton military prototype
Norton military prototype motorcycle Simple fact of life: motorcycle makers need to move bikes through production, out of the despatch department and on to customers who will pay for them. If they offer a wide
Read moreRoad Test: Norton military prototype
Norton military prototype motorcycle Simple fact of life: motorcycle makers need to move bikes through production, out of the despatch department and on to customers who will pay for them. If they offer a wide
Read moreReference: The Grigg side-valve V-twin – August 1923
This photo is from the Mortons Archive Eight different capacity engines were on offer: 247cc (67mm bore x 70mm stroke), 349cc (67 x 99), 494cc (80 x 99), single cylinders and 494cc (67 x 70),
Read moreReference: The Grigg side-valve V-twin – August 1923
This photo is from the Mortons Archive Eight different capacity engines were on offer: 247cc (67mm bore x 70mm stroke), 349cc (67 x 99), 494cc (80 x 99), single cylinders and 494cc (67 x 70),
Read moreAugust Classic Bike Guide on sale!
New Classic Bike Guide on sale! • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene LIVE2RIDE • Land Speed Pendine Record attempts on the Welsh sand • Newark Showground McGuinness headlines Mortons’ new show • Brooklands
Read moreDouglas Special
A 1931 596cc overhead valve twin formed the basis for this well-engineered sidecar outfit Mills wrote: “In the motor cycle movement this is a sprinkling of enthusaists who derive almost as much pleasure from building
Read moreAce Triton and cafe racer day
The place oozes 1960s rock and roll and on a hot, sunny day, the car park full of bikes with alloy tanks, single seats, clip-ons and rear-sets, you feel transported back in time to another
Read moreRoad Test: Sunbeam S7
Sunbeam S7 500cc The shaft-drive Sunbeam twins don’t sit easily with the ruffty tufty vision of 50s motorcycling, when young men supposedly roared across the countryside on Norton Inters, Triumph Thunderbirds and BSA Gold Stars
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