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  • Sunbeam S8 Adventures – Part 3

    Sunbeam S8 Adventures – Part 3

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    Steve The Toaster strips his P&J and finds that the inevitable has indeed come to pass… not only that, there is, indeed, no such thing as a quick fix. Next stop? The bank balance void…

  • Sunbeam S8 Adventures – Part 2

    Sunbeam S8 Adventures – Part 2

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    After falling in love with the dream of a Beam, Steve The Toast finally bought an S8. The reality turned out to be just a little… leaky!

  • Sunbeam S8

    Sunbeam S8

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    You probably have an all-time favourite classic bike. Sunbeam Peter (the name is a bit of a giveaway about the model of motorcycle!) explains how his dream bike became a real bike…

  • Safety First!

    Safety First!

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    Jim Peace remembers when the warnings on cigarette packets had nothing at all to do with smoking…

  • FLW 12: Chequebook Restorations

    FLW 12: Chequebook Restorations

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    We all sneer at chequebook restorers; where’s the skill in writing a cheque? Where’s the achievement? Frank Westworth contemplates the results of his first chequebook restoration…

  • Famous Last Words 27: Cafe Racers, Bobbers and Baggers

    Famous Last Words 27: Cafe Racers, Bobbers and Baggers

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    Always up for a debate about café cuisine, Frank Westworth ponders the subject of bobbers, baggers and café racers…

  • Buyers Eye

    Buyers Eye

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    Richard Jones goes browsing through the classic bikes on offer at Pembrokeshire Classics in south Wales. He encounters a couple of Villiers two-strokes, an Ariel Arrow, a really rare Laverda Jarama and even a Beezer bobber…

  • Sunbeam S8 Search

    Sunbeam S8 Search

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    If you frequent the Message Board then you’ll know that Steve The Toast has been successful in his search for a Sunbeam. But how did this fascination begin, and what did he initially discover?

  • Sunbeam Show Stopper

    Sunbeam Show Stopper

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    Not just a recent show winner, Brian Matthew’s ‘Beam probably also started life on a show stand back at Olympia over 70 years ago…

  • Sunbeam S8: Modern As Tomorrow

    Sunbeam S8: Modern As Tomorrow

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    Frank Westworth revisits a bike he rode several years ago. Years before A Nice Gurl gave him a Sunbeam…

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