Words by Those Who Should Have Known Better Photos by Mortons Archive If you are tempted by the world of old bikes, you are entering one of wonderment. Of just going for a ride, of
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Category: Buying Guide
Your guide to… Honda CBX 750
Nestling under the ‘classic’ radar, Honda’s CBX 750 is an Eighties throwback that gives many modern luxuries. Imagine this: Back in 1984 a young man named Marvin Nicholls stared through the window of a motorcycle
Read moreYour guide to… Honda CBX 750
Nestling under the ‘classic’ radar, Honda’s CBX 750 is an Eighties throwback that gives many modern luxuries. Imagine this: Back in 1984 a young man named Marvin Nicholls stared through the window of a motorcycle
Read moreYour Guide To… BMW K100
This was one of the last stories Rob Davies, a regular CBG contributor, wrote for us before illness took him. Right to the end, he was trying to convince himself of bikes he didn’t think
Read moreYour Guide To… BMW K100
This was one of the last stories Rob Davies, a regular CBG contributor, wrote for us before illness took him. Right to the end, he was trying to convince himself of bikes he didn’t think
Read moreYour guide to…Yamaha TX750
Yamaha were not following the herd back in the early 1970s. When some of their rivals were frantically developing sporty fours to replace their smoky, thirsty two-strokes, Yamaha went in a different direction technologically. It
Read moreBuying Guide: Panther Model 100
1956 Panther Model 100 Panther owners are an eclectic bunch. Take the owners' club stand at the Bristol Show for example. Next door, the Vincent OC, all precision, conformity and spit ’n’ polish. On the
Read moreBuying Guide: Panther Model 100
1956 Panther Model 100 Panther owners are an eclectic bunch. Take the owners' club stand at the Bristol Show for example. Next door, the Vincent OC, all precision, conformity and spit ’n’ polish. On the
Read moreBuying Guide: BSA B31
1952 BSA B31 We live in a world where complexity, for its own sake, is held as a benefit. One train of thought is ‘if something looks too simple to work, it probably is too
Read moreBuying Guide: Ariel 500cc
Ariel 500cc KH twin Ariel’s smooth 500cc KH twin was a Val Page design of the early 50s, the Selly Oak company’s answer to the parallel twin vogue that Triumph started in 1937 and the
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