Fifteen years in the making, the Carberry Double Barrel is ready to give an alternative to Royal Enfield’s own twin cylinder bikes Last November’s global debut of Royal Enfield’s new 650cc parallel-twins at the Milan
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Postwar Sunbeam S7, the smooth operator
The sophisticated S7 was all wrong for cash-strapped riders in the 1950s. It’s much more suitable as a 21st century classic!
Read moreMike Hailwood’s Machines
Gilded Grit and the 125cc MV Agusta Mondial, NSU, Ducati, Yamaha, Honda, AJS, Triumph, Norton, Itom, MV Agusta – the list of machines raced by Mike Hailwood is staggering. And each of them reveals
Read moreThe V7 Sport: Guzzi ground zero
Although they’d enjoyed tremendous success with their singles, both on and off the racing circuits, by the late 1950s Moto Guzzi were struggling.
Read moreWe ride: Moto Guzzi V7 III special editions
The original Moto Guzzi V7 was long, low and fast. But times move on and the latest Moto Guzzi to wear the V7 name is often classed as the baby Guzzi. Triumph’s Bonneville and Ducati’s
Read moreYamaha’s first trail bikes
Background Serendipity is a truly marvellous motive force. Without it, the world of dual-purpose motorcycles might look distinctly different today. When Jack Hoel, Yamaha USA’s International Head of R&D, watched Dave Holeman, then Head
Read moreNorvin Nirvana
Evolution is inevitable, which is why modern bikes often look the same, feel the same and handle similarly. But back in the Fifties the British bike industry was still evolving, with some manufacturers better
Read more1980 Moto Guzzi V50 MK2
I bought my first Moto Guzzi V50 in 1989, from a bloke who kept it in a lock-up off a dark, dank alleyway in the backstreets of Croydon.
Read moreYamaha RD350
Yamaha probably didn’t have an inkling of what it had started at the end of the 1960s when it began drafting plans for a new range of two-stroke twins. 1967 had seen the company
Read moreREAD: British Bulldog Built By Fred, Not Bob
Nowadays the term ‘Bobber’ has become as ubiquitous as café racer or street tracker, with manufacturers jumping on a potentially profitable bandwagon.
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