The year is 1954 and Mr J Whitehouse is astride a 1930 Scott Squirrel. The happy throng is the end of the ACU National Rally at Rhyl, North Wales, a navigation exercise taking in a
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Trading Post: Model Study: Moto Guzzi Le Mans
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
Read moreBSA gold Star rebuild: Striking gold
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 –
Read more2016 Bonneville T120: The New Noir
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
Read moreRiding Life: Matchless G9
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
Read moreRiding Life: Norton Model 50
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
Read moreRiding Life: Triumph Quadrent: Four Play
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
Read moreRidinglife: Douglas dragonfly: In full flight
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
Read moreBristol classic motorcycle show
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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