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The first twin
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Valentine Page designed a 650cc Triumph four years before Edward Turner’s 500cc Speed Twin. In many ways, the earlier machine was the more advanced.
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A social history of motorcycling- Part 4: The One Percenters (1947-1950)
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In this series of extracts from his forthcoming book, Mike Lewis looks at the evolution of social motorcycling in Britain and the USA.
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The BSA Bantam: something worth crowing about
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Hands up all those who’ve never owned or ridden a BSA Bantam! Even if your arm’s in the air, you probably know someone who did or still does! With the help of the BSA Bantam Club and photos from the Mortons Archive, Pete Kelly recounts the history of one of the most popular lightweights of…
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Sand, rails and motorcycles
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Neil Cairns outlines the historical links between motorcycles and an old narrow gauge industrial line in Bedfordshire as he tells of the growing success of the ‘Sand and Motorcycles’ event at the Leighton Buzzard Railway, now in its seventh year.
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Goffy’s light fantastic!
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Mick Payne discovers many ways of improving the lighting performance of classic motorcycles as he talks to Paul Goff.
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The 36th Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show 2016
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The premier event in every classic motorcycle enthusiast’s calendar, the Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show, is again set to make a big entrance with this year’s spectacle – the 36th of its kind since its inception – which will feature the usual glittering array of classic bikes as well as club stands, autojumble stalls…
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V-twins set for Stafford sale
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This year’s Bonhams’ auction at the Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show will feature a treasure trove of V-twins, when the auction takes place on Sunday, April 24 at the Staffordshire County Showground.
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Seventy years of vintage motorcycling
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This year the Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC) celebrates its 70th anniversary and a series of unique events has been put into place to commemorate this inspiring achievement.
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The show must go on
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Torrential rain and gale force winds couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm at the Bristol classic show.
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E-magazine The Airhead plans charity End-to-End for older air-cooled BMWs
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In the week beginning July 4, the non-profit-making on-line magazine The Airhead, for the riders of pre-1996 air-cooled BMWs, will be arranging a Land’s End to John O’Groats run to raise money for the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance, for which the magazine is an authorised fundraiser.
