Features

Retired design and technology teacher John Crispin gives full marks to his 1938 Rudge Ulster as an object lesson in good engineering practice and a design way ahead of its time…

John Surtees ranks among the most successful and gifted competitors to have ever made motorsport their career, and the fact that he achieved great success in both two and four wheeled disciplines is a feat that is near unrivalled and is surely never to be repeated…

The 36 manufacturers of Japanese-made bikes were represented by 120 exhibits at the first Tokyo Show which opened on April 20…

Santa Catalina Island is a tropical paradise 27 miles off the southern California coastline and for three years from 1951 to 1953 it hosted the Catalina Grand National – an enduro style event…

Three’s a crowd! Rigid, sprung hub and swinging arm versions of Triumph’s popular 500cc twins on test. Roy Poynting revs up with great enthusiasm for all three and nominates his favourite steed…

Velocette 250 and 350 ‘iron engine’ service notes. Models covered are MOV, MAC and MAF. Consistent design methods employed by Veloce Ltd over the years make the remainder of the work simple…

Dull with bright intervals, like the weather, was how the Motor Cycling reporter described the 125 race at the 1960 Ulster Grand Prix. But reading his race report it sounds anything but dull…

If you think this month’s subject matter looks like it has one foot in the 1960s that’d be a good thing because that’s exactly where it’s from! We dish up the gossip on one of Yamaha’s rarer 350s…

The first beach race to be held at Saltburn was in 1906, organised by the Yorkshire Automobile Club. More than 60,000 visitors came and the event continued to be popular until the First World War halted it. Racing restarted in 1920…

With the Goodwood Revival deciding on introducing a set of rules encouraging the use of early to mid-1950s type ‘club’ racers, Triumph pre-unit specialists Ace Classics and fellow London shop, the Baron Speed Shop, decided to join forces and get involved…