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Royal Enfield Bullet
The Royal Enfield Bullet is a machine which has been in production for many years, though few look better than this superb example… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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AJS K7
Though the ohc AJS was perhaps not initially the most successful of AJS’s 350s, it is undeniably one of the most handsome, with this a particularly spectacular example… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Triumph IR ‘Ricardo’
When Triumph decided its range needed expanding and an overhead valve model should be added, the firm decided on awarding the task to an ‘outside’ consultant, Harry Ricardo… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Vincent Comet Series A
The Series A Vincent-HRD singles were the model which set the Stevenage maker on the road to immortality… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Super Onslow Special
SOS machines of any age are few and far between, as they were built in such limited numbers. So the even rarer vintage-era machines fall into the ‘hen’s teeth’ category… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Rudge Special
One man’s lifelong love affair with his Rudge has resulted in a show winner that means far more than money to its owner… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Douglas LB special
This Douglas special has a fascinating history, including input into its construction by Triumph… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Ariel VH32 Red Hunter
This four-valve sporting Ariel single was only catalogued for the single season, though its name lived on… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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AJS H1
This AJS V-twin combination has benefited from a number of tweaks by its owner, classic motorcycle restoration guru Robin James… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Velocette 250 MOV
Though there may be more glamorous, exotic 1930s Velocettes, few are as capable all-round as the 250cc MOV, an excellent commuter – and surprisingly sprightly sportster… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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BSA G14
The BSA G14 was, by the 1930s, a far-from-advanced piece of kit. But the qualities it possessed were still popular – and indeed still are today… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Triumph 500 CD
With its range for 1932, Triumph fought shy of radical innovation. But they did list 350 and 500cc competition models for the first time. Alan Berry owns a rare survivor of the 500cc CD version… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article…
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Cotton Blackburn
Cotton, as a manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article…
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Ariel Square Four Model 4G
This largely original and unrestored Ariel Square Four spent many of the years since its 1938 build in Malta, where it was owned by one family until the present keeper acquired it… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert…
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AJS Model S3
The AJS S3 was a bright and bold new design from AJ Stevens of Woverhampton. Unfortunately, its release couldn’t have come at a worse moment… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Kawasaki GT550
It may have looked undramatic, but Kawasaki’s shaft-drive GT550 four proved to be a solid seller for around 20 years. John Nutting rode versions at the beginning and end of the run… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Kawasaki GPZ550
Visit the Mortons Archive (www.mortonsarchive.com) for more information and online search options concerning Kawasaki motorcycles, or speak to our archivist Jane Skayman on 01507 529423 with your requirements… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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BSA A65 Lightning Clubman
The BSA A65 Lightning Clubman was the top of the range unit construction BSA, in many ways the replacement for the Rocket Gold Star as BSA’s twin-cylinder racer on the road… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Classic British Legends: Cadwell Park
Fondly nicknamed as the mini-Nürburgring, Cadwell Park has been the favourite circuit of many a rider and spectator alike. It still is… almost 80 years on from its first speed event… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article…
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Classic British Legends: Velocette KTT
Renowned for the quality of its products, Velocette excelled in international motorcycle racing, culminating in two world championship titles 1949/50, and today is still a force in vintage racing… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below……
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Out and about at Stafford
Some of our favourite images from the 19th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford’s Showground… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Aintree road racing, September 1954
Aintree motor racing circuit opened in 1954 and these pictures come from the first motorcycle race meeting, which attracted a strong entry… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Newark image gallery: 1
Latest image gallery from the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Scooter held at the Newark Showground. How many bikes can you identify? Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Bristol Show image gallery: 1
Bikes are being wheeled in, positioned and polished and stallholders are setting up their displays for the weekend’s Bristol Show… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Reference: Triumph IR ‘Ricardo’
When Triumph decided its range needed expanding and an overhead valve model should be added, the firm decided on awarding the task to an ‘outside’ consultant, Harry Ricardo
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Workshop: Balancing carburettors
Rod Gibson’s offers tips and advice on balancing muliple carburettor installations, to keep your four cylinder engine running smoothly…
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Buying Guide: Kawasaki 750H2B Mach IV
Kawasaki’s blisteringly fast two stroke 750 triple lit the tarmac when launched in 1972. Punching above its weight, it was the ultimate white knuckle ride and remains an unforgettable ride today…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha FS1-E
Yamaha’s response to restrictive learner legislation was to launch the FS1-E, a high performing 50cc, which every 16-year-old aspired to…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha FZ750
Never a visual treat, but Yamaha’s FZ750 won friends with its 145mph top speed and amazing power spread
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Buying Guide: Honda Bros
Various manufacturers have tried and revisited the V-twin formula (in fact some have never ventured from the sacred V) and Honda made a pretty neat job with the Bros back in 1988. Launched on the back of the development of the RC30, Honda’s V-twin-powered Bros is a competent allrounder…
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Kawasaki KX500: ‘A real smoothie’
How special are works bikes? Just ‘special’ or ‘very special’? CDB asks the question and Dave King answers
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Henderson’s Fours
In production for 20 years, Henderson’s four cylinder model changed engine three times. Tim Holmes details the alterations…
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Indian Standard
Mark Williams has built this Indian Standard virtually from scratch, at his home near Hobart. Having finished a remarkable restoration, now, indrecibly, he is thinking of making a sidecar to hang on the Indian. He hasn’t located one, he’ll have to do it from scratch…
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Harley-Davidson ‘Evo’ engine
Kevin Cameron describes the design and reasoning behind Harley-Davidson’s Evolution engine…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide
Buy a Harley-Davidson and enter a world of knuckleheads, springers, flatheads, softails, early shovels, and a lifestyle like no other, Richard Rosenthal samples a taste of the American Dream, and comes away impressed – sort of…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson V-Rod
After a lengthy buttering up period, Terry Clark’s wife relented and agreed to the purchase of Harley Davidson’s V-Rod. But was it an expensive mistake?
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Model ULH
What could be better than a Thirties Harley big twin? devotees of the marque would no doubt ask. Why two of course…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson WLC
Harley-Davidson’s motorcycles earned their stripes in combat during WWII, though this veteran modestly disguises its military background today…
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Road Test: Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk2
Moto Guzzi never did improve on the superbly designed original, as Rod Ker finds out in the saddle of its plastic-shrouded successor
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Road Test: Ducati 125 Sport
Racing success and track development led to full showroom order books for Ducati’s road lightweights
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Road Test: Kawasaki H1 500
Thirty years on, the 500 Kawasaki two stroke triple’s fearsome reputation for all-or-nothing engine power delivery seems over-exaggerated. However, it still provides excitement by the shed load, and at the time it must have been like being hit on the back of the head with a baseball bat. Rod Ker tries one out…
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Workshop: Balancing carburettors
Rod Gibson’s offers tips and advice on balancing muliple carburettor installations, to keep your four cylinder engine running smoothly…
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Buying Guide: Kawasaki 750H2B Mach IV
Kawasaki’s blisteringly fast two stroke 750 triple lit the tarmac when launched in 1972. Punching above its weight, it was the ultimate white knuckle ride and remains an unforgettable ride today…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha FS1-E
Yamaha’s response to restrictive learner legislation was to launch the FS1-E, a high performing 50cc, which every 16-year-old aspired to…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha FZ750
Never a visual treat, but Yamaha’s FZ750 won friends with its 145mph top speed and amazing power spread
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Buying Guide: Honda Bros
Various manufacturers have tried and revisited the V-twin formula (in fact some have never ventured from the sacred V) and Honda made a pretty neat job with the Bros back in 1988. Launched on the back of the development of the RC30, Honda’s V-twin-powered Bros is a competent allrounder…
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Road Test: Norvil Commando
Sometimes steady modification and improvements aren’t just quite enough and a radical rethink is necessary. Rod Ker tells the tale of how Norvil continues to prove that the twin is anything but dead…
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Reference: Triumph IR ‘Ricardo’
When Triumph decided its range needed expanding and an overhead valve model should be added, the firm decided on awarding the task to an ‘outside’ consultant, Harry Ricardo
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide
Buy a Harley-Davidson and enter a world of knuckleheads, springers, flatheads, softails, early shovels, and a lifestyle like no other, Richard Rosenthal samples a taste of the American Dream, and comes away impressed – sort of…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson V-Rod
After a lengthy buttering up period, Terry Clark’s wife relented and agreed to the purchase of Harley Davidson’s V-Rod. But was it an expensive mistake?
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Model ULH
What could be better than a Thirties Harley big twin? devotees of the marque would no doubt ask. Why two of course…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson WLC
Harley-Davidson’s motorcycles earned their stripes in combat during WWII, though this veteran modestly disguises its military background today…
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Road Test: Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk2
Moto Guzzi never did improve on the superbly designed original, as Rod Ker finds out in the saddle of its plastic-shrouded successor
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Road Test: Ducati 125 Sport
Racing success and track development led to full showroom order books for Ducati’s road lightweights
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Road Test: Kawasaki H1 500
Thirty years on, the 500 Kawasaki two stroke triple’s fearsome reputation for all-or-nothing engine power delivery seems over-exaggerated. However, it still provides excitement by the shed load, and at the time it must have been like being hit on the back of the head with a baseball bat. Rod Ker tries one out…
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Road Test: Norvil Commando
Sometimes steady modification and improvements aren’t just quite enough and a radical rethink is necessary. Rod Ker tells the tale of how Norvil continues to prove that the twin is anything but dead…
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Kawasaki 750 H2 triples
Kawasaki’s H2 wasn’t the first two-stroke triple but it’s now probably the most sought after. Prices have rocketed in the last few years. We ride them again to find out why… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article…
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Yamaha TZ750
Between testing road bikes in the 1970s and 80s, John Nutting was occasionally invited to try racing machines, such as Yamaha’s stunning TZ750 two-stroke four. It was a sobering experience… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues…
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Norton International Model 30
The overhead camshaft Norton is one of those motorcycles; it looks fast standing still. It could go a bit, too… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Neander V-twin
Visually striking and rarer than hen’s teeth, the Neander certainly stands out, with its designer clearly a man who knew his own mind… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Rudge Special (1938)
Though it was called a ‘Special’ the so-named model was actually the cooking 500cc single in the Rudge range – much to the embarrassment of one concours judge who awarded it first prize in the Specials’ Class at a classic show, much to the derision from Triton builders… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic…
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Triumph TT Special
If Tonka made motorcycles, then one can’t help thinking they’d make something like this chunky and purposeful TT Special. James Robinson reports… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Vincent/Norton Viscount
Though this Vincent-Norton hybrid machine may be described by some as a ‘special’ it was intended as the forerunner of series production… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Triiumph Speed Twin
Triumph’s Speed Twin was restyled in the late 1950s, its demure appearance suggesting life at a much slower pace… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Velocette Vogue
Velocette’s strangely futuristic glass-fibre clad Vogue was never the great success its makers hoped for and, in truth, it never stood a chance… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Suzuki TC90J
The Japanese are experts at miniaturisation. Suzuki’s TC90J is a perfect example of the oriental art of small but perfectly formed. CMM takes a spin on the diminutive TC90J, owned by Chris Brealey… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below……
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Honda CB900
The CB900 has always played second fiddle to its CBX1000 big brother. But this was Honda’s production racer for the biking masses… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Honda RC30 v Yamaha 0W01
Prices have doubled in less than 10 years and yet there’s never been a better time to buy a Honda RC30 or Yamaha OW01. Steve Rose explains why… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert…
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Bradbury ‘Speed’ Model
The Bradbury 3½hp single was unusual for having its engine case integral within its frame, an arrangement that offered several advantages… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Kawasaki 250 S1
Still drop dead gorgeous and probably the best looking 250 of the 70s, the Kawasaki S1 inspires many a middle aged man to relive his teens… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Honda XL250
Forget Barry Sheene’s RG500, forget Eddie Lawson’s YZRs, forget even Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha or Foggy’s Ducati. This almost standard-looking Honda XL250 cost just £100 and is the most successful race bike in the history of motorcycling. By miles… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our…
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Suzuki GSX-R750 v RG500
The first of the 80’s was a hot-bed of motorcycle development where two-strokes took on four. Suzuki built both. The GSX-R750 and RG500 were about as hot as it got. 25 years on CMM stages a re-match… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading…
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Kawasaki GPZ600R
Kawasaki’s GPz600R was the first liquid-cooled 600cc four, a breed that has defined sports machines in the 21st century. But was it launched too early with flawed technology? Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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Kawasaki 650cc-750cc fours
When ‘Father of the Z1’ Ben Inamura designed the Z650 in 1976 he could never have realised that derivatives would still be in production 30 years later. John Nutting tested a number of the original versions at MIRA Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our…
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Classic British Legends: Triumph Bonneville
It may have been the antithesis of the staid pipe-smoking Brit machine but the Triumph Bonneville succeeded far beyond the dreams of its creators. It bestrode the world of motorcycling like a titan for more than a decade and just when its glory days seemed dead and gone it was born again for the modern…
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Classic British Legends: BSA Bantam
With over 400,000 built, the BSA Bantam was many a rider’s first foray on powered two wheels… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Classic British Legends: Scott
One of the first companies to use water cooling in its motorcycles, Scott gained rapid success taking several TT wins and numerous lap records… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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BSA Gold Star
From unremarkable beginnings as a development of the Empire Star for the 1938 sales season, BSA’s Gold Star models went on to become motorcycling legends. Classic Bike Guide gives you the edited highlights… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below……
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Royal Enfield Interceptor – history
Royal Enfield’s Interceptor was arguably their best twin. Overcoming most of the flaws of the earlier twins, the Interceptor was powerful, fast – and largely oil-tight. It’s an unsung hero of the parallel twin genre… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article…
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Norton Commando: top twin
Norton’s Commando twin was only ever intended as a stop-gap model to put the Norton name back in the public eye, but the ‘stop-gap’ ran for 10 years and is regarded by many as the finest incarnation of the traditional British parallel twin… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to…
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Triumph-BSA triples
Triumph and BSA triples offer a unique riding experience to the British bike fan. They represent the British industry’s last roll of the dice against the rising tide of Japanese superbikes – and they can still deliver impressive and exhilarating performance more than 40 years after the first bikes rolled off the production lines… Article…
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Ariel-JAP special
There are those among us who prefer practicality over aesthetics and are skilled enough to be able to make something from ‘a mishmash of unrelated parts.’ What’s more, said parts don’t necessarily have to have originated from another motorcycle… but a rotavator? Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe…
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Harris Matchless G80
It’s a conundrum many marque enthusiasts have found themselves in and one, which causes a rumpus around equally as many owners’ club committees – when does your marque cease to become your marque, or is it always your marque irrespective? James Robinson sampled one such conundrum… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading,…
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Velocette LE 1948 – 1971
Velocette’s LE had a long production life, which indicated success, but it also absorbed a colossal post-war investment from the company, which in hindsight arguably did irreparable damage to the manufacturer… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert
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BSA A10 café racer
Building a bike from bits is an expensive way to do it these days, but it makes sense if half the bits are already in your possession – and if it’s done properly, the results can be very tasty indeed, as Jim Reynolds discovered… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here…
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Royal Enfield Constellation
Royal Enfield’s heavyweight twins never enjoyed the success or the popularity of their contemporaries but Jim Reynolds reckons they were equally as good, if not better. Here he gets all star-struck about a Constellation… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues…
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Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha’s original RD350LC was furious if not as fast as we’d expected. But the two-stroke twin had huge potential which has been explored with a huge range of modifications. John Nutting tested it at MIRA in the early 1980s… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of…
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Kawasaki A7SS
Tighten up your chin strap, slip on some cool shades and politely advise your cardio-vascular system that it’s about to get a good sized dollop of adrenaline; it’s Kawasaki 350cc street scrambler time… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below……
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Yamaha XS1
In the early 70s the world of twins was simple; Ducati produced Vee twins, BMWs were horizontally opposed and the British persevered with pushrod parallels… then Yamaha mixed it all up, with the OHC XS1… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article…
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Kawasaki GPZ900R: 25 things
When Kawasaki launched the GPz900R 25 years ago it turned the world of motorcycling on its head, shook it up and spun it around so many times that when everything settled back down the scene was almost unrecognisable… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our…
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Honda VF400F/VF500F
Honda’s 400cc and 500cc V-four sport bikes that appeared in 1983 were exotic high-revvers with a luxury feel – but they concealed a nasty secret. John Nutting delves into his MIRA files to find out what they were like… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of…
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Matchless 250
Jim Reynolds learns that a relaxed attitude to all motorcycles can result in pleasurable experiences. Oh, he got wet as well… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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BSA Spitfire
Whether the Americans truly desired the specification of machinery that we sent them, or whether it was merely the interpretation of the factory stylists in their smoky offices of the 50s remains arguable. However, one thing is for sure, these days in particular, that era of Trans Atlantic styling is eye-catchingly different. Nigel Clark found…
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Rudge Ulster
Retired teacher John Crispin gives full marks to his 1938 Rudge Ulster as an object lesson in good engineering practice… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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Norton Dominator 99SS
The Norton Dominator 99SS is a rarity anyway, so an original and unrestored one is quite possibly unique, if there’s such a thing. Roy Poynting explains… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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SOS DW
Super Onslow Special and So Obviously Superior were two suggestions what the ‘SOS’ badge stood for. Whatever the terminology, the bike was an appeal to discriminating riders, to try something different in the lightweight utility market… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines.…
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Brough Superior combination
Fast, tough and comfortable, the 11.50 combination was designed by its maker George Brough as a fast road train. Over 70 years later, it’s still capable of that role, if given the chance… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below……
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AJS Model 18S
This immaculate AJS Model 18S has been in the same ownership since the early 60s – it’s a relationship that’s passed the test of time with flying colours… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more classic motorcycle reading, Click here to subscribe to one of our leading magazines. Article continues below… Advert Article continues below… Advert
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