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Trading Post: Model Study: Moto Guzzi Le Mans

13th October 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

A large capacity, air-cooled twin with shaft drive may not sound like an ideal sports bike. Moto Guzzi proved otherwise WORDS AND PHOTOS BY Nolan Woodbury REMEMBERED BEST as the traveller’s sports bike, Moto Guzzi’s

BSA gold Star rebuild: Striking gold

2nd October 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

A conversation between Robert Davies from CBG and restorer Peter Collins provides much food for thought for potential rebuilders…. PHOTOS BY Rob and Peter and Robin Horton BSA’S CLUBMAN GOLD STAR DBD34 (a whole £270

Scrambled egg

25th September 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

Take a tall frame, add a torquey twin engine, high bars and high pipes, and head for the countryside! PHOTOS BY Simon Everett Reputation is a curious thing. A great reputation – for anything –

2016 Bonneville T120: The New Noir

15th September 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

Triumph’s new Bonnie looks best in black, so we’re told. We’re also told that the new T120 is close in spirit to the original T120. Hmmm… WORDS & PHOTOS BY Frank Melling, Triumph Motorcycles Triumph

Riding Life: Matchless G9

8th September 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

Strangely under-rated: Never as glamorous as some other marques, AMC’s twins were actually quite innovative when they were launched in 1949 WORDS BY Tim Britton PHOTOS BY Joe Dick DESPITE A SPORTING history with a

Riding Life: Norton Model 50

1st September 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

Just the ticket: You could win a trad Brit single that’s as sound as any pound WORDS AND PHOTOS by Richard Jones IT’S NOT EVERY day that you get the chance to acquire a British

Riding Life: Triumph Quadrent: Four Play

25th August 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

In a large shed at Kitts Green, a few miles from Birmingham city centre, Dennis Poore assembled a team to try and save the British motorcycle industry. WORDS BY Tim Britton PHOTOS BY Bob Clarke

Ridinglife: Douglas dragonfly: In full flight

18th August 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

Some bikes are icons from the outset. Not so this idiosyncratic 350. But it’s strangely successful as a classic steed… Photos: Joe Dick NO, IT’S NOT a BMW. If you find the charm of this

Bristol classic motorcycle show

11th August 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the Archive

WORDS BY Morgan RuePHOTOS BY Morgan Rue and Terry Joslin ARK BUILDERS WERE in short supply in the West Country as floods of biblical proportions and hurricane-force winds tried to scupper this early-season favourite in

Life after COVID-19: Lessons from past pandemics

6th August 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

With lockdown restrictions easing slightly in UK, this is perhaps a time to reflect on the past months, and look forward to what a world could look like once the COVID-19 pandemic has gone, if