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
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Buying 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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Doug’s superb Triumph Trophy Doug Webb has an absolutely stunning Triumph. When first you see it, you could easily dismiss it as a show bike from a chrome plater’s, the whole thing shining from its
Read moreBuying Guide: Norton Navigator
Norton Navigator "There’s a Lotta Torque about Norton” – so went the company’s advertising slogan in the early Seventies, immortalised by the photograph taken at the Ascot Park Flat Track in 1972… Big-muscled parallel twins
Read moreBuying Guide: Aspirational artefacts: Suzuki T500
Suzuki T500 Focus in on a Kawasaki Z1 or a Honda 750/4 and you pretty much know what you are likely to get; 1970s superbikes with all the hype, cost, alleged kudos, etc. What you
Read moreBuying Guide: Suzuki Stinger
Unusual looking Suzuki Stinger It’s 1966, you are the Suzuki Motorcycle Company and everything in the world is wonderful. You are riding high on Grand Prix successes and your bikes are winning renown worldwide. In
Read moreBuying Guide: BMW singles
BMW R27, the final shaft drive single After 80 years of flat twins, it's easy to forget that the famous spinning propeller badge has also been attached to plenty of machines with a single, vertical
Read moreBuying Guide: Honda CX500
Honda CX500, loved and loathed in equal manner Say what you like about Honda, but it does things its own way and generally gets the end result pretty close to perfect. Occasionally it’s the first
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