Vincent V-twin built from spare parts Vincent’s Black Shadow has been reborn. This is nothing to do with a vague outline by a company with no clear claim to use the Vincent name, promising to
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Road Test: BSA A10 café racer
Editor Clark picked this bike out in the line-up of private entries at April’s Stafford Show and when I said I knew the owner, he asked me to book a ride. It stood there looking
Read moreTHIS WEEKEND: Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic
Show runs over the weekend of January 4-5 Brought to you by the organisers of the hugely successful Stafford and Bristol classic shows, the show is one place you’ll certainly get a warm reception and
Read moreRoad Test: Royal Enfield Constellation
Royal Enfield Constellation Some years ago, while on the Ponthir British Club’s annual Brecon Run, I spotted a very smart Royal Enfield Constellation. This one was handsome but it also carried an Ontario number plate.
Read moreFireside Tours, 1924: exploring the highways and byways of Somerset
The Jan 31 issue was subtitled ‘Architectural, historical and picturesque aspects of little known Somerset’ and what a joy it was to read how different things must have been back then. Much of the two-page
Read moreSunbeam singles star in dirt track racing success
British motorcycle racing success on track and road in the Dutch East Indies – a country now known as Indonesia – was reported in The Motor Cycle on Thursday, December 20, 1923. There was no
Read moreTangible technical Triumphs
Early Yamaha XS1 The Japanese take on big parallel twins was something of a mixed bag. Despite the successes with two-strokes and air-cooled fours, the lure of the big twin proved too much. Two of
Read moreBSA brake-through
Cable operated rear brake on BSA Road Rocket The more you ride older machines, the more you start to value a good rear brake. It seems to play a disproportionate role, not least in providing
Read moreArchive: Triumph’s Brooklands Speed Trials reported
The team which put the Triumph 6/1 through its paces at Brooklands included (left to right); Len Crisp, S Slader (passenger), Tim Robbins, Harry Perrey and RR Holliday (passenger) Tucked away in the bottom corner
Read moreWhen Harley-Davidson went ‘super speed’…
Harley-Davidson has just announced plans to water-cool an area around the exhaust valves in the cylinder heads of its all-new 2014-model Ultra Limited. It’s a ‘ground-breaking’ move for a company that’s built its entire heritage
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