New & Features

Peter Greenwood\’s 350 Gold Star now has a later, big fin 500 engine Motorcycles had a dedicated parking area just outside the old Clubhouse and formed a mixed line of classics and a few of vintage years. Unfortunately, the weather and other distractions in the area seem to have kept attendance down.  One attendee was…

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New styles from Davida The visors are available in more than 10 different finishes, and all are made from 2mm polycarbonate, preformed in a variety of shapes, including the popular 1970s ‘Bubble’ style. With three adjustable sliding studs, all the new D4Vi9A visors have a universal fit, suitable for use with the Davida Jet, Ninety…

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Attendance was up at Newark Show! The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic was marked by several exceptional examples with the region’s two-wheel enthusiasts demonstrating their restoration expertise. Andy Baldwin, a Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club member from Peterborough, saw off strong competition to claim the event’s coveted Best in Show award with his 1969…

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Celebrate the Mods and Rockers  The Footman James Great Western Autojumble will celebrate the Mods and Rockers years on February 14-15, filling the halls with live music, alongside hundreds of traders, clubs and a vast array of stunning and rare vehicles on display. Event organiser Harry Leyland said: “The owners clubs are sure to embrace…

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Roy Purvis eases his late-model Ossa around the trees on his way to a third in class The course was 10 sections, which had to be ridden four times. Most of the sections involved slippery turns and climbs around trees, typical of South-East Centre mud-plugs. After an early frost thawed, it added a lubricating element…

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New RealClassic\’s out! •  BSA B40 Overlooked and under-appreciated, there were plenty of reasons why the B40 wasn’t a raging success when new. However, it’s finding a whole new following as a lightweight, peppy classic, as Dave and Sue Blanchard discovered  •  Douglas Dragonfly Some bikes are so right that you keep coming back to…

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Norman B4 Sports Our ‘Club Call’ feature has generated quite a lot of correspondence, and Gary Pilcher of the Norman Motorcycle and Cycles Club has informed us of a surprise find of a West Sussex-registered Norman B4 Sports – in a bad way, true, but the basis for a restoration nevertheless. It reminded me of…

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• Editor\’s intro Frank Westworth sets the scene • Archive retrieval A wet and wintry theme • Laverda rally The 2014 Australian National Laverda Rally • News Plugs, leads and short product stuff • Show preview Come to Bristol; great time assured • Subs page You know it makes sense • Triumpht 3TA A black…

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Their fully-equipped, British-built hearses travel the length and breadth of the mainland and, as you can see here, provide a rapid response to the UK’s distant highlands and islands. Says proprietor Paul: ‘The ferry operators are always good with us. As we have such a compact vehicle, they always find a way to fit it…

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In the event of both these assumptions being true, you need to nip over to Wemoto to spend £40 on a set of Vicma heated handlebar grips. These rubber grips are easy to install – no glue required – and are manufactured to resist cracking and deformation from repeated heating and cooling cycles. They steadily…

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