TWO NEW TWINS from Royal Enfield have broken cover as the company says it wants to promote ‘pure motorcycling’. A brand new 648cc ohc twin engine developed in India and the UK will power two
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BMW R90S
It is hard nowadays to believe that during the early Seventies BMW suffered from a poor and staid image. BMWs were well-designed and extremely reliable machines, but they were not seen as the most desirable
Read moreManx road race legend Don Padgett dies
LEGENDARY ROAD RACER Don Padgett passed away on Monday, November 13. Don, along with his brother Peter, started the famous Padgetts of Batley dealership in the late 1950s which has expanded into what is now
Read moreJanuary 2018
From the Archive: John Cowie on the Gus Kuhn-prepared BMW, TT, 1976 BMW R90S: A look at a beautiful, unrestored R90S Subscribe! Get 12 issues for the price of 10 when you subscribe for a
Read moreThermals? Check. ‘I’m just popping out, dear’
All that well-intentioned squit last month I wrote about workshop jobs to do? Well, I, er, there’s an issue. You see, as lucky as it is working around bikes, you are constantly reminded just how
Read moreThruxton thriller
Allan Jackson wanted a new Triumph Thruxton, so took this non-running Bonneville and created his own. Friend of Allans, Stuart Urquhart, recalls the story behind the superb job this first-time builder has done and shows
Read moreFantic to bring back the Caballero
THEY PRODUCED A 16-year-old’s dream in the 1970s – the 60mph GT50 moped. They also made the 50cc and 125cc Chopper and one of the best small trail bikes of the era, the Caballero. Now,
Read moreEthanol treatment is a star
The risks of leaving modern ethanol-rich petrol sitting in tanks and the damage it can do is becoming more commonly understood, especially in the winter when motorcycles see less use on the roads. Spares supplier
Read moreKawasaki invokes the spirit of ‘72
KAWASAKI HAS FINALLY unveiled the long-awaited retro-themed Z900RS, based on the look of the classic Z1 of 1972. Tagged a ‘Retro Sport’ thanks to its RS moniker, the new Z900RS has been painstakingly created by
Read moreJMC Norton and Metisse
A perfect brace When you commission your dream bike to be built from scratch, if you can’t decide what you want, why not have two? Words Matt Hull Photography Jason Critchell Standing in the workshops of
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