Features

Royal Enfield’s Redditch factory built a reputation for solid, reliable bikes that could surprise the better known opposition with their performance. But the company was innovative too. Jim Reynolds tastes the solid dependability of the simple single…

Honda’s CB750 took and shook the motorcycle market but Kawasaki’s 900 raised the bar by a similar amount. More power, technology and performance than anything else. And affordable too. Rod Gibson tells the story…

Derek Rickman, well ahead of the field here in the 1964 Motocross des Nations at Hawkstone Park, was part of the British team that August and helped the home side to its 12th victory in the ultimate team scramble…

Old Bike Mart has a new editor! Pete Kelly, experienced journalist and avid motorcyclist, has taken the reins from incumbent Tim Britton and began in his new role from the May 2014 issue. Here’s Pete to tell you about himself, and his plans for Old Bike Mart, in his own words…

Teenagers understand just one style of motorcycle riding – throttle to the stop. The Jawa 90 was designed with such discerning youthful riders in mind. Luckily a few survived this full-on abuse including this plucky example, now semi-retired in the Isle of Man…

Low sales volume still didn’t stop Kawasaki from selling its own version of the archetypal British bike. Anyone who knocked about on old British iron might reasonably suggest Kawasaki’s original W-series twins were little more than BSA A7/A10s rip-offs…

Presumably from late 1950 – as it was published on January 4, 1951 – a pair of Corgis are pressed into service as runabouts on an airfield during ‘a big exercise’ over Britain, in which RAF and US Air Force personnel took part…

Fine weather was welcomed for the 1953 Cotswold Scramble – but that was to be expected for as The Motor Cycle commented it was “almost a tradition” that the “sun blazed down” and this season was no different…

Once more, the scene is set for a weekend of classic enjoyment and indulgence, with some of the best old motorcycles in the world assembled, as well as a stellar line-up of clubs, the fabulous Bonhams auction and our star guest, John Surtees…

Though functional-looking, the Triumph TR5 is also arguably one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever made – and this one’s a real stunner…