Features

Old Bike Mart reader Ron Pratt fondly remembered a Velocette MAC he owned and it prompted him to get another, albeit a slightly older one…

A luxury lightweight normally relies on an established brand name to trade on a reputation for quality, but Ambassador was confident from the very beginning of its ability to attract connoisseurs as its customers. Mike Lewis explains…

In the February 14, 1963, issue of Motor Cycle the editorial team must have been gazing at a typically grey British winter’s day, contemplating sunny touring holidays. Well, they were probably looking to devise an advertising story in the depths of winter…

The fabulous six-cylinder CBX lives on in the many guises born of its owners’ imaginations, continuing the drama of its amazing debut in 1978. John Nutting takes us back in time…

What is the ultimate classic motorcycle? The model that the whole movement is based on? That’s right, the Vincent V-twin. Jim Reynolds rides a brand new Vincent V-twin, a motorcycle assembled from Vincent spares and funded by the Vincent Owners Club

In the 1920s, with the enthusiastic support of Raleigh (a major manufacturer at the time) Marjorie Cottle became one of Britain’s best-known motorcyclists. Her ready smile brightened press photos, captured as she engaged in all sorts of motorcycle activities or displayed her considerable talent as a trials rider…

To get more ‘oomph’ out of a motor, you need to get the air and mixture in sharpish and then get the exhaust gases out as quick as you can. But which valve layout is best? For some manufacturers, five valves is the way to go…

Some while ago we covered the dogged CD175 twin but there’s a sporty side to this dependable Honda; say hello to its non identical twin, the CB175…

With a triple being developed in the wings Triumph was embracing multi-cylinder motorcycling whole heartedly… then those chaps at Honda pulled a fast one and produced an ohc-four for the road…

Building a bike from bits is an expensive way to do it these days, but it makes sense if half the bits are already in your possession – and if it’s done properly, the results can be very tasty indeed, as Jim Reynolds discovered…