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Honda’s CB1100F was the last of its classic air-cooled fours and although overshadowed by the exotic CB1100R production racer still pulls a hefty punch with a 140mph top speed…

Cotton, as a motorcycle manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked. Best of all, the frame allowed all of the performance to be used. Roy Poynting explains…

Aintree motor racing circuit opened in 1954 and these pictures come from the first motorcycle race meeting, which attracted a strong entry…

South Africa’s first TT races owed little to the Isle of Man events, the organisers preferring to plough their own furrow…

Sometimes steady modification and improvements aren’t just quite enough and a radical rethink is necessary. Rod Ker tells the tale of how Norvil continues to prove that the twin is anything but dead…

How special are works bikes? Just ‘special’ or ‘very special’? CDB asks the question and Dave King answers

Various manufacturers have tried and revisited the V-twin formula (in fact some have never ventured from the sacred V) and Honda made a pretty neat job with the Bros back in 1988. Launched on the back of the development of the RC30, Honda’s V-twin-powered Bros is a competent allrounder…

Never a visual treat, but Yamaha’s FZ750 won friends with its 145mph top speed and amazing power spread

Yamaha’s response to restrictive learner legislation was to launch the FS1-E, a high performing 50cc, which every 16-year-old aspired to…

Kawasaki’s blisteringly fast two stroke 750 triple lit the tarmac when launched in 1972. Punching above its weight, it was the ultimate white knuckle ride and remains an unforgettable ride today…