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Triumph Tiger 110
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With the Goodwood Revival deciding on introducing a set of rules encouraging the use of early to mid-1950s type ‘club’ racers, Triumph pre-unit specialists Ace Classics and fellow London shop, the Baron Speed Shop, decided to join forces and get involved…
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Workshop: Camshaft teach in
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Rod Gibson gets to grips with the science of camshaft design, and enters a world full of ramps, overlap, lift and durations. But will it make the bike go faster?
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Pioneer Run
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With the route under a blanket of snow, the Sunbeam MCC’s Pioneer Run was cancelled, so let’s look back to the first run in 1930 and wish them well for 2014 when all eligible bikes will be over 100 years old…
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Workshop: Camshaft teach in
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Rod Gibson gets to grips with the science of camshaft design, and enters a world full of ramps, overlap, lift and durations. But will it make the bike go faster?
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Honda CB750/4 – spotter’s guide
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The original Japanese superbike, Honda’s CB750, shook the motorcycling market upside down when launched and ran for nine years almost unchanged. Here’s how to tell them apart…
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Classic Camera: Matchless motorway mile-eater
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British ISDT team manager and AMC’s competition guru Hugh Viney wasn’t prepared to give away any details to The Motor Cycle when it went calling looking for stories to do with that season’s competition…
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The way we were: May 1938
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‘Perseus’ of The Motor Cycle proved the value of cheap economical transport in the hard pressed times of the late 1930s. Riding a Villiers powered Cyc-Auto, which he cruised at 18-20mph, Perseus travelled from his home to Brighton for a planned late afternoon swim…
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Buying Guide: Ducati 900SS Final Edition
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There’s an honest simplicity about the Ducati 900SS and one which wasn’t lost on me as a bike-mad teen heading into his twenties…
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Buying Guide: Ducati 900SS Final Edition
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There’s an honest simplicity about the Ducati 900SS and one which wasn’t lost on me as a bike-mad teen heading into his twenties…
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Vincent and Broughs to headline Bonhams sale
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Pick of the Bonhams auction at Stafford this year will be, again, V-twins. There’s the Montlhery ‘record breaker’ (tested TCM November 2002) Vincent Black Shadow, a hugely desirable piece of kit estimated at £110,000 to £130,000, which will get the Vincent enthusiasts all aflutter…
