Buying Guide

This Douglas special has a fascinating history, including input into its construction by Triumph…

Matchless and BSA were famous for building military motorcycles, but Velocette produced their own 350 single in WD trim, too…

Yamaha’s RD250 two stroke twin was the first production bike to use reed valves to help deliver some midrange without killing performance elsewhere. But they were viewed with suspicion…

The concept of pushing a button to start a motorcycle was regarded with as much ridicule in the 1960s as using a foot operated lever to start one these days would be…

Stories of 750 owners being traumatised by a well-ridden Yamaha 350 are not the stuff of legend, rather, a very well documented fact. Yamaha broke the mould with the RD350 – breathtaking performance, good handling and, bizarrely, economy too. The complete package…

The phrase ‘getting your fingers burnt’ took on a new meaning for Triumph Trophy owner Doug Webb as, after one lengthy rebuild and a best in show award, a jealous neighbour set fire to his shed! Jim Reynolds explains…

Norton’s 350cc parallel twin with its semi-enclosing bodywork was developed with everyday transport in mind…

Some experts consider the Gold Star to be the best bike ever built by BSA. Make up your own mind, after examining our quickfire classic bike guide to the breed…

Sometimes bikes are amazingly successful when there is nothing really spectacular about them: take the Honda 250 Super Dream. ?There was nothing fundamentally or seriously wrong with the machine but neither was there anything magical about it…

Yamaha’s 350cc YR2C may be rare in the UK, but that’s because the twin cylinder street scrambler was aimed fair and square at the US market. It was another landmark product for Yamaha…