Features

Prices have doubled in less than 10 years and yet there’s never been a better time to buy a Honda RC30 or Yamaha OW01. Steve Rose explains why…

When Peter Barker heard of a rare 350 triple Motobecane rumoured to have been imported in a batch of bikes to Western Australia, he decided to embark on a mission to find it…

At Arpajon, in August 1930, the Motorcycle Club de France organised its annual record attempts meeting, arranging for over four miles of the main Paris-Orleans road to be closed, so speed men from around the globe could congregate and attempt to establish new world’s bests…

Are we mad? ‘Yes’ seemed to be the popular answer to that question from visitors to Wrighty’s show, where our new Can-Am project bike was unveiled. But we’re determined to get this Can-Am up and running for a grand – £1000 for those reading outside the UK…

When ‘Father of the Z1’ Ben Inamura designed the Z650 in 1976 he could never have realised that derivatives would still be in production 30 years later. John Nutting tested a number of the original versions at MIRA…

Can a five decade old two-stroke really be a viable machine in the days of 170bhp motorcycles? At CMM we say yes, absolutely…

Still drop dead gorgeous and probably the best looking 250 of the 70s, the Kawasaki S1 inspires many a middle aged man to relive his teens…

Honda’s GB500TT was the coolest of the Japanese big singles. This one’s been tweaked to make it even cooler, and it’s also our competition prize. Steve Rose takes up the story…