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Though the ohc AJS was perhaps not initially the most successful of AJS’s 350s, it is undeniably one of the most handsome, with this a particularly spectacular example…

Shaft-driven Sunbeams were a gentlemanly alternative to the rufty tufty vision of 50s motorcycling, when young men supposedly roared across the countryside on Nortons, Triumphs and BSAs…

The Zündapp KS750 was designed as a go-anywhere, unbreakable military wagon, able to cope with extremes of weather…

In part one I stripped Angie’s Honda CB125TDC engine down to sort out an oil burning problem. Now with the bike in bits I can take some time to examine the engine internals and sort out what work needs to be done to put the bike back on the road

Sports twins were very much in vogue at the turn of the 60s and the offerings from AMC in Matchless and AJS guise were up among the best

The AJS (and Matchless) CSR ‘range toppers’ were never quite as revered as the Bonnie or hot Beesa twins, but they were quick machines…

Conservation is the buzz word in these hard-pressed times, arguably classic enthusiasts are kingpins in this area. Jim Reynolds meets up with such an owner

Billed as the ‘aristocrat of lightweights’, the Ambassador Supreme brought a touch of class to popular motorcycling on several continents