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There are a few changes afoot for quarterly publication Classic Dirtbike, which will affect UK readers. From the next issue (32) CDB will be moving to a subscription only format…

With Scott Redding, Jim Redman, Sam Lowes and Nick Jefferies on the start line the only big star missing from this year’s Thundersprint was Noah – and he was the one with most experience of the conditions!

New three-phase alternator stators, claimed to produce more power at low revs than the single-phase versions, have just been announced by Paul Goff. Plus finding vintage tyres and NSU spares…

As in previous years, the Brooklands motorcycle team will have an ‘outreach’ programme, taking a selection of bikes and demonstrating them at a variety of events…

An unrestored trio are set to headline Bonhams Oxford sale, on June 7, the day before the VMCC’s Banbury Run…

The Mallory Bike Bonanza is all about bikes and the Leicestershire circuit is giving motorcyclists the chance to take to the track during the event and ride their own machines alongside racing legends in the road bike and race bike parade laps…

Several readers, including Sammy Miller, have kindly solved the mystery of the bike shown with Ron Hockley’s Muc-Off Star Letter (April OBM) and it turns out to be not much of a ‘mystery’ at all…

Alongside the traditional printed publication, specialist classic bookazine Forever Two Wheels is now available as a special edition digital issue with added image galleries, video content and a new ‘no-zoom-needed’ design…

In this month’s RealClassic magazine, owners share their experiences about running, riding and rebuilding all kinds of classic bikes, from Laverda triples to British lightweight two-strokes, military Harleys to Velocette singles. Here’s how to buy a copy

Tim Mount is a regular grass track rider in the south east of the country. For some 20 years, he has owned a bike fitted with a BSA C15 engine. Long since out-classed, it its heyday it was cutting-edge for the quarter litre class…

Plaques commissioned by the Brough Superior Club to acknowledge the life of George Brough have been affixed on two houses in Nottingham…

The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power goes Latin with an Italian theme for 2014 when it opens the gates of the beautiful grounds of Cholmondeley Castle over June 13-15…

Selection of motorcycle activities throughout from last century starting with The Motor Cycle advising readers of ferry arrangements for the Isle of Man in 1914…

Although originally aimed at the racing fraternity, Solo starters quickly found a far wider market, and in the last eight years starters have been sold to collectors, engine builders, restorers, motorcycle dealers, and even the MoT Testing Station at Braddan, IoM…

BBC Top Gear’s Richard Hammond made a surprise appearance at the recent Prescott Bike Festival, arriving on a classic Norton Dominator…

Three of Suzuki’s top engineers will be joining Steve Wheatman’s Classic Suzuki Race Team at the Classic TT in August. Tadano Matsui, Masaru Iwasaki and Makoto Suzuki are flying in especially for the event…

Triumph Tiger 100 – fast fun, smooth and irrestisibly stylish. Also budget Velocette special, Czech engineering, James V-twins, a stunning Manx Norton plus all the usual archive stories and your favourite columnists. On sale now!

Showgoers were abuzz with news of a record breaking sale in the Bonhams auction as another bumper crowd went home happy following the now traditional spring motorcycle event at Staffordshire County Showground this past weekend…

From the publisher of Classic Bike Guide magazine, Forever Two Wheels celebrates the hand-built customised motorcycle and the new generation of bike builders embracing this new culture. We know you’ll enjoy it…

Specialist independent classic and sports car auctioneers Historics at Brooklands has a mouth-watering line-up for its classic motorcycle auction on June 7…

For this year’s Pioneer Run, held on April 13, the organising Sunbeam MCC arranged access once again to Handcross Park School. The buildings, set some way back from the road (and the Pioneer route) seem totally appropriate as a backdrop as the late 19th century design predates the visiting bikes by just a few years…

Watsonian sidecars has developed a fitting kit for the Triumph Trophy, the British motorcycle manufacturer’s ultimate touring bike…

The 34th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show is over for another year, and that means we have another batch of winners for you!

Large crowds gathered to hear fascinating tales and long lines formed for signing sessions this past weekend as one of motorsport’s finest kick-started a year of events celebrating his glorious career…

Every motorcycle show needs a few enigmatic machines, and this Vincent HRD Sport from way back in 1931 is no exception…

The Ferrari 158, the only championship winning Ferrari that’s not painted red, has arrived for the weekend at the Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show…

April 26 has finally arrived which means the doors are now officially open to the much-anticipated Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show…

This stunning 1953 Vincent Rapide C is only half of the class act that entrant Vic Mathers brought along to Stafford this weekend. Nestled alongside this classic 998 cc Vincent V-twin is a Steib 501 sidecar that was used in British sci-fi saga Doctor Who.

When David Pattison bought this 1921 Norton 17C at auction in June 2012, he described it as little more than a “rusty wreck”. However, invigorated by the challenge of restoring such a prestigious motorcycle, David rose to the challenge spectacularly.

This eye-catching and thorougly British display comes courtesy of entrant Des Price. On top of the union jack, in pride of place, is a lovely 1959 Triumph T110.

Perhaps the most inconic of the Coventry-Eagle motorcycles is the Flying Eight, and this remarkable 1925 specimen entered by Peter Lancaster is as pretty as it is rare.

This spectacular 1923 Cotton Dart was lovingly restored by Tony Trueman who (after spending most of his easter holidays holed up in his garage) has brought it to Stafford this weekend…

This here be the new Jawa Retro Sidecar Combination. This uses the new Jawa 350 Retro motorcycle and a purpose designed all steel sidecar…

The only man ever to win a Formula One World Championship in a Ferrari that wasn’t red will be reunited with his blue and white machine this weekend…

When it comes to motorcycling, few could argue that right now is the best time of year. A season of great events is nearly upon us and so now’s the time when we get to start plotting our routes for the next few months and work out just how many weekends we are able to…

Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness is

The first and new Norton Domiracer, BSA and Triumph triples, Gulf liveried Norton Commando, Benelli six, Haynes museum, plus all the usual columnists and archive material. On sale now!

A dry but windy Anglesey circuit greeted the British Historic Racing competitors for round 1 of the 2014 season. A competitive series of contests unfolded as riders found their feet after the winter layoff…

The Mortons Archive photo competition really caught the imagination of website visitors and print readers, as we received over 500 high quality entries, which make things hard and time consuming for our judging panel. Much midnight oil was burnt!

In 1984 the Isle of Man production TT race for machines up to 1500cc was won by Geoff Johnson on the first ever Kawasaki in the famous Ninja line, the GPz900R…

You can now embark upon a tour on either a classic German adventure bike or a rip-snorting two-stroke!

One of classic racing’s young guns, Alex Sinclair, has a great line-up of machinery on offer for his third attempt at the Classic TT-Manx Grand Prix…

Always a popular event, whatever the weather, the RealClassic South of England Show benefited from the spring sunshine to achieve what was probably the greatest ever attendance at the Ardingly Showground. Sunday traders were happy to accept outside jumble pitches and the visitors’ bike park covered a huge area this time…

Clubs and owners are being sought for the bigger-than-ever Carole Nash Great Scottish Bike Show, which takes place on August 9-10…

Wil Hartog, Graeme Crosby, John Surtees, Fred Stevens and Helmut Fath profiles plus, with this issue, a 32-page supplement on the Isle of Man, the riders and machines. Plus all the usual popular regulars and archive images. On sale now!

Yamaha FZR1000R EXUP, and why it’s a great buy! Plus top tiddlers of the Seventies, Yamaha YDS2, Kawasaki ZXR 750, KR-1S overhaul, rebuilding carburettors for peanuts and all the usual columnists and archive stories. On sale now!

The 2014 Scottish Demob Run will start from The Pier on the shores of Loch Leven in Kinross just off the M90 on Sunday, May 18, 2014. The venue has changed every year since its inception so the run is never the same from year to year…

A Honda CB750 from 1968 has sold for almost $150,000 in the US. The bike is one of four pre-production machines that were produced by the Japanese factory for dealer seminars in North America and Europe in 1969…

A golden era of motorsport, and a fantastic weekend of motorcycling – that’s what visitors to one of the year’s best shows are set to enjoy later this month…

One of the biggest and best motorcycle events in the UK promises to be even better this year – so don’t miss it! The Thundersprint is now firmly established in the biking calendar and this year will take place at the Darley Moor circuit over the weekend of May 10-11…

This year the National Motorcycle Museum is celebrating 30 years since first opening to the public by holding a series of events and launching some new initiatives…

The Heritage Transport Show at the Kent County Showground at Detling has become established as an early-season event. The income it generates is put towards the costs of the heritage element of the huge Kent County Show, traditionally held at the same venue in July…

Founders Day is set in the beautiful grounds of Stanford Hall near Lutterworth in rural Leicestershire and is arguably one of the best ‘old bike’ events in the UK. It takes place on Sunday July 20th, with this year’s theme being ‘First World War Bikes’, including all manufactured between the years 1914 and 1918…

New from Suffolk-based Draganfly Motorcycles are automatic advance units for all K2F magnetos.These have been manufactured in the UK…

Brough Superior owner John Wallis is planning to celebrate his machine’s 90th year and his own 65th with a ride around the coast of England, Scotland and Wales…