Triumph Metisse Most classic enthusiasts will be aware that Triumph created the Trophy range from the three machines that the experimental department had converted for the 1948 ISDT by adding a few lightweight parts to
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Road Test: Norton military prototype
Norton military prototype motorcycle Simple fact of life: motorcycle makers need to move bikes through production, out of the despatch department and on to customers who will pay for them. If they offer a wide
Read moreRoad Test: Sunbeam S7
Sunbeam S7 500cc The shaft-drive Sunbeam twins don’t sit easily with the ruffty tufty vision of 50s motorcycling, when young men supposedly roared across the countryside on Norton Inters, Triumph Thunderbirds and BSA Gold Stars
Read moreRoad Test: Norton Old Miracle
Norton Old Miracle sidevalve It’s built like a whippet, long, low and lean. The slim, silver tank has tiny little knee pads laced into place, just where my knees will rest on the move. It
Read moreRoad Test: Ariel-JAP special
Ariel-JAP special Warning: Please do not enter this riding for fun zone if you’re offended by a motorcycle built by an eccentric, looks like a backwoods collision between an agricultural unit and a military DR,
Read moreRoad Test: Triumph Bonneville
Triumph Bonneville Unless you’ve lived live in a cave somewhere for years, you’ll know that this is the 50th Anniversary Year of Triumph’s Bonneville. It’s arguably the world’s most iconic motorcycle, a machine that’s been
Read moreRoad Test: BSA Rocket Three
BSA Rocket Three The BSA Rocket 3 is a physically big machine, not that that is a problem for me. Reaching the ground on either side of it is easy enough but at almost 500lb,
Read moreRoad Test: BSA Gold Star road test
BSA Gold Star, and this is one of the best I don’t know about you but I’m in awe of those talented individuals who, with ease and a minimum of fuss, step up to lathes
Read moreRoad Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader
Eric Boocock’s BSA C15T All trials riders like to make their machines as light as possible. It stands to reason, the lighter the bike, the easier it is to haul over rocks or out of
Read moreRoad Test: Royal Enfield Interceptor
Mk2 Royal Enfield Interceptor Arranging a bike for a photo shoot isn’t always the easiest thing in the world, there is the weather, the photographer, the owner and the tester to get in one spot
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