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
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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
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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 –
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Easy to ride, simple to maintain, economical and reliable. AJS and Matchless singles offer a lot of variety and a little performance, too PHOTOS: JANE SKAYMAN/Mortons archive, Martin Peacock, Frank Westworth After the end of
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