Buying Guide

Despite the total lack of logic to the basic arithmetic involved, certain machines just somehow conspire to be greater than the sum of their component parts…

It’s now 30 years since our lives were transformed by Yamaha’s 350 Power Valve. You’d be rightly forgiven for thinking the average RD350-YPVS had a short, frantic but happy life but we’ve found an example with 156,000 miles on its clock!

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…

At the time Suzuki’s GT550 was probably the ideal two-stroke triple but has somehow become one of the 70s most overlooked machines. We take another look…

Thinking of buying a 750 Laverda twin? Dave Minton rings the changes between the models and offers shoppers well-proven advice…

Suzuki produced a wealth of lightweight off-road machines in the 60s and 70s and the TS250 proved to be one of the company’s most enduring model…

Pricey, but still worth the money because these bikes will continue to go up in value. In 50 years of Japanese motorcycles few machines have genuinely made classic status. These are the elite…

You might not genuinely believe your garage needs or warrants a Japanese step-through until you actually ride one… and then you might very well change your opinion…

Suzuki’s Stinger was a beautiful, radically styled bike with a feisty motor in an unusual frame. It made a great bike, so suggests Classic Bike Guide’s Steve Cooper…

November 1971, Yamaha pulls off the coup of the decade by debuting the GL750 at the 19th Tokyo Motor Show. The world is fast realising that the once scorned two-stroke is the way to go; only Honda is championing poppet valves…