Sam Hewitt

To make life fun, Oli rebuilt his T140 forks at the Bristol show! WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY By Oli REPLACING THE STANCHIONS/FORK TUBES or fitting new seals to Triumph/BSA ‘Ceriani’ type front forks isn’t complicated or beyond the skills of an average home mechanic, but it is quite possible to muck it up. At least one…

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As long as they’re not flat at the bottom, eh? Back in the old days Before the 1930s, motorcycles often had beaded edge rims to hold the tyres on, as the tyre had no reinforced inner edge. These tyres had to have pressures of between 50-70psi to keep them from falling off the rim when…

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Off with her head! How bad is the cylinder head of our ES2? We delve inside the head of a 62-year-old… After last month’s highs with the first part of Project Norton finished, I could look at the shiny frame and swing arm and finally see through the last few months of searching through the…

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Ring-ding-ding – a taste (and smell) of new two-stroke Words by Matt Photography Gary Chapman Many thanks to David at F2 Motorcycles Ltd for letting us ride his demo 350 Classic. ‘It’s a shame you can’t buy a new two-stroke’ I heard recently at a show. Well, for those that need to, you can, thanks…

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