Classic Bike Guide

Words by Matt Photography BY Maria Knights, Drew Irvine and Amy Shore It takes a lot of time, money and balls to start a new event. Last year The Bike Shed, a motorcycle club based in London, put on a one-day event at Lydden Hill circuit called the Café Racer Cup, in order to see…

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‘Boy’ has a new toy. And ‘Dad’ has a new pastime – watching boy as he gets to grips with this new trials bike. And it’s so much fun watching children learn what we’ve loved for so many years. Before my email is clogged up with vitriolic crap about ‘this isn’t a classic’, let me…

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AN AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVIST has put together a series of DVDs for classic British motorcycle enthusiasts, containing an invaluable mass of information from the postwar period about well known marques. The collator Kim White started collecting the information in the mid-1990s. Kim says: “I’m in Australia and back in 1995 I saw there was a need…

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Can’t explain why you love riding your bike to friends? Trying to show a problem in the workshop to someone abroad? How about an easy-to-use video camera, that’s the size of a matchbox? In a previous life I thoroughly tested as many of the action cameras as possible and the Olfi came out on top.…

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Organisers have praised the efforts of all the riders in this year’s AMCA/CDB British Classic Motorcross Championship, calling it a real ‘mud plug’. Co-ordinator Dave Gittins said: “The series was long, involved a good few miles on the road up and down the country and the final round… a real mud plug.” He especialy thanked…

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Getting more people to come to a museum must sometimes seem like a tricky affair, but the National Motorcycle Museum does it brilliantly. They let you in, for one day only, for free! This one-day event gets bigger and better every year. The museum, one of the finest and most important collections of British motorcycles…

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THE CURRENT RANGE of French-made Brough Superior bikes may ape the Broughs of the 1930s, but the company has partnered with luxury car maker Aston Martin to create a motorcycle that is as 21st century as it gets. The AMB 001 is a track-only bike and just 100 examples will be made. Aston Martin executive…

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BENELLI IS DUE to release its new Imperiale single in the UK this month. The classic-styled 400 single is targeted squarely at the classic market as an affordable old-styled motorcycle at a reasonable price with all the mod-cons of a modern machine. The Imperiale seems certain to challenge Royal Enfield for that market. To attract…

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AN UNUSED 1977 Triumph Trident T160 is on its way to Mid-Wales following the draw for the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle. The raffle was drawn by TT superstar John McGuinness at the Museum LIVE event in October. The Trident, a brand new/old stock, never registered example was won by Sally Peace, of Machynlleth, Wales.…

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