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  • Harley-Davidson MT350E Army Bike

    Harley-Davidson MT350E Army Bike

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    By popular demand (well, OK, one person) we reveal the pros and cons of buying an ex-Army trailie-bike. Rowena Hoseason actually spent her own money on some old military surplus scrap…

  • A Third Wheel: The Eccentric Alternative by Simon Potter

    A Third Wheel: The Eccentric Alternative by Simon Potter

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    Celia Walton has been riding and passengering sidecars for many a year, so she seemed the natural person to review this new book about riding with three wheels…

  • India, The Shimmering Dream by Max Reisch

    India, The Shimmering Dream by Max Reisch

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    In 1933, two students were the first people to ride a motorcycle overland from Europe to India. Their epic adventure aboard a 250cc two-stroke has finally been published in English…

  • 1967 Moto Morini 250 GTI Settebello

    1967 Moto Morini 250 GTI Settebello

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    Bill Wood took a real risk with his first Italian classic bike. A basketcase rebuild – and a really unusual model, at that. Is he please with the results?

  • Famous Last Words 19: A Sociable Activity?

    Famous Last Words 19: A Sociable Activity?

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    Everyone should be more sociable. Riding a classic motorcycle is a sociable activity. We’re told. Frank Westworth’s ears have become very bent…

  • Reasons For Motorcycling

    Reasons For Motorcycling

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    Dave Wooding recalls his time spent with a Triumph 3T, a BSA B31 (and a Reliant but we won’t mention that) among other old bikes, and ponders the attractions of motorcycling in general…

  • Famous Last Words 35: Motorcycles Old, New, Classic and Retro

    Famous Last Words 35: Motorcycles Old, New, Classic and Retro

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    Old bikes are old bikes are old bikes, says Frank Westworth. Except, of course, when they’re new…

  • Classic Japanese Motorcycle News

    Classic Japanese Motorcycle News

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    Steve Cooper from the VJMC brings us up to date with some information about next year’s Uttoxeter Show, and contemplates the value of originality…

  • Famous Last Words

    Famous Last Words

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    ‘Tell us what you think’ and ‘have your say’ seem ubiquitous these days. Magazine editors listen closely to every word you tell them. Whether magazine editors act upon those words is another matter entirely. Frank Westworth admits defeat…

  • Showing Off

    Showing Off

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    Steve Cooper of the VJMC gets controversial with his feelings about show-going trophy-hunters whose classic bikes don’t… actually… work…

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