Classic Bike Guide

  • ISDT ’73

    ISDT ’73

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    I really enjoyed your article and photos in CDB on the 1973 ISDT. It brought back many memories for me as I was there as a member of the RAF team alongside Jonathan Tye and Ashley Wirdnam. No doubt we are somewhere in the background at the time your photos were taken. I well remember…

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  • BSA Unit Singles: Much of a good thing…

    BSA Unit Singles: Much of a good thing…

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    TRADING POST: MODEL HISTORY BSA SOLD A VAST number of ride-to-work utility motorcycles. Most of these were of relatively low capacity, sturdily built and ideal for their intended commuter role. That is actually to say that their performance was adequate for the urban and country roads of the time, but would be rather lacking on…

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  • Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show

    Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show

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    STAFFORD always comes up trumps as the top classic event of the season, and this year was no exception. Sunshine on Saturday made for a great turn-out, and a vibrant autojumble à l’exterieur. Oh, and some old bikes found in a Cornish barn smashed the Bonhams’ auction record, netting £331,900. Traders too enjoyed a bumper…

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  • Custom classics in Coventry

    Custom classics in Coventry

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    YOU CAN’T PUT a price on ingenuity or expertise. Among the 150 or so hand-crafted motorcycles on display at Stoneleigh in April, some were pretty obviously assembled in a shed, at weekends through the winter, using trial and error methods on a tight budget. Other machines were no-expense-spared specials, constructed from scratch in fully equipped…

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  • Back To Life

    Back To Life

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    Loads of ancient Brits have returned from overseas, ripe for a rebuild. This T160 Trident was an easy job A cleaned wiring loom, now re-wrapped, and new HT leads Produced between 1968 and 1975, some say that the Trident – the last big throw of the dice from the British Motorcycle manufacturer NVT (Norton Villiers…

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  • Hello world!

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    Welcome to Mortons Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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