WORDS BY ROB DAVIES PHOTOS BY BARRY TAYLOR (OLD PRINTS), MODERN PICS FROM BARRY, ROB, AND ROBIN HORTON Fifty-one years and still going strong. The story of one man and his A65… BSA had the
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Author: Sam Hewitt
Sam Hewitt is the Digital Content Editor at Mortons Media Group.
Email: shewitt@mortons.co.uk
Dominating decades
Cliff Rees, born into a motorcycle family in 1938, Norton Dominator 88 purchased in 1959. He’s riding the same bike in 2016…you do the numbers!
Read moreHot 100: The Bonnie which blitzed the 1969 Production TT
Words by Frank Melling; Photos by Carol Melling/Mortons Archive IN 1958, MIKE HAILWOOD and Dan Shorey won the Thruxton long distance race and a year later the Thruxton Bonnevilles were born. Strictly speaking, the name Thruxton
Read moreThe real deal: Triumph’s best new Bonnie
WORDS & PHOTOS BY Frank Melling YOU’RE IN A rush, right? You want to go out for a ride, not read a magazine. I’ll come straight to the point. The Triumph Thruxton R is not
Read more‘Double trouble’ in Lincolnshire at George Brown Memorial Sprint
A horde of highly tuned classic sprinters will be unleashed at East Kirby airfield, in Lincolnshire, over the weekend of September 10-11, 2016. The two-day event promises ‘double (engined) trouble’ when the George Brown
Read moreRide around Romney
Veteran and vintage motorcycles are invited to join the upcoming popular Romney Marsh Run. It takes place on Sunday, September 25, 2016 starting and finishing at The Star Inn, St Mary-in-the-Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29
Read moreBSA owners’ day
WHAT’S THE COLLECTIVE NOUN for a group of BSAs? A bantam of BSAs perhaps, or maybe a lightning or a spitfire? There were plenty of possibilities at the Market Harborough Rugby Club on an overcast
Read moreBrighton rocks
BRIGHTON SPEED TRIAL returns to Madeira Drive on September 3, 2016, with timed runs due to start at 11.30am after earlier practice runs. The trial, first run in 1905, is said to be the longest-running
Read moreClassic collection funds cancer facility
ENTREPRENEUR ROBERT WHITE who died last year was an astute and dedicated businessman. He was also something of a petrolhead if the treasure trove of mechanical collectables he’s left behind is any indication. White’s commercial success
Read moreNo speedy twin
I COMPARED THE Triumph Speed Twin in the June issue of CBG with two photos of a machine my son-in-law bought. It seemed to be a similar machine apart from the engine, which is a
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