BSA’s top of the range roadster may have been ‘competition equipped’ but its real role was as a crowd-pleasing road-burner. Fifty years later, its vivid performance still thrills rapid riders WORDS & PHOTOS BY Stuart
Read moreDestination fun!
Author: Sam Hewitt
Sam Hewitt is the Digital Content Editor at Mortons Media Group.
Email: [email protected]
MASSIVE POWER FOR A VALIANT EFFORT
Words: Oliver Hulme / Photos Hesketh Motorcycles REBORN high-end marque Hesketh Motorcycles has announced its third new model, and it’s among the most powerful road-legal motorcycles in the world. The Valiant SC roadster owes its
Read moreTRIUMPH DAYTONA: GRAND NATIONAL
Triumph’s ohv twins could go very fast. This is a re-creation of a very, very fast Triumph, then… WORDS & PHOTOS BY Nolan Woodbury. Additional images from Mortons Archive RIVALLED IN HISTORY only by Harley-Davidson, the
Read moreCLASSIC and CUSTOM
CLEARLY I’M IN the custom camp, as you can see from the photos. I’m currently building another café racer, a Norton Gold Star. Mind you, I do have a mint Vincent as well. I used
Read moreFunky five hundred
A 40-year-old high-tech twin enjoys a new wave lease of life WORDS AND PHOTOS BY Joe McDonald THIS IS TONY’s Yamaha XS500. We all know the XS650 makes a great flat-tracker. They were even fitted
Read moreThe old black and gold
It’s an icon, sure. But it’s also a great bike WORDS BY Oliver Hulme PHOTOS BY Jason Bryant WHETHER THOUGHT OF as a gentleman’s ride or an engineer’s machine, these days the Velocette Venom 500cc
Read moreClassic at Newark: Kick off!
Newark was certainly nippy in January, but there was a fine array of hot bikes on show WORDS BY OLIVER HULME PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER DICKINSON Which is best – a winter show or a summer
Read moreBonham’s Auction: Sold as seen
WORDS & PHOTOS BY Nolan Woodbury WINTER AND MOTORCYCLING are usually an unfriendly mix, unless you’re positioned within the bright lights of Las Vegas. Warmer? Yes, but only marginally so. A quick scan of the
Read moreNEW FED PRES
THE FEDERATION OF British Historic Vehicle Clubs has announced its new president and figurehead: Lord Steel of Aikwood, aka David Steel. The FBHVC is formed of 540 member clubs and trade supporters and exists to
Read moreWHO KNOWS THE NORTONS?
THE NORTON OWNERS’ CLUB would like to find the descendants of James Lansdowne Norton himself, the Birmingham founder of one of the greatest names in British motorcycle history. The club’s vice-chairman, Barry Owen, is leading
Read more