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Triumph and BSA triples offer a unique riding experience to the British bike fan. They represent the British industry’s last roll of the dice against the rising tide of Japanese superbikes – and they can still deliver impressive and exhilarating performance more than 40 years after the first bikes rolled off the production lines…

Velocette’s strangely futuristic glass-fibre clad Vogue was never the great success its makers hoped for and, in truth, it never stood a chance…

Kawasaki’s screaming triple two-strokes found a place in most bikers’ hearts. Adrenaline-fuelled power delivery and unsual handling was a recipe for many memories! Here we focus on the baby of the range – the 250…

For some reason the cost of old bikes is a popular subject among classic enthusiasts. Jim Reynolds says this one is good value

The Yamaha FS1-E has become the iconic symbol of 70s teenage rebellion. But was it ever really that good? We ride a mint example, and speculate…

Panther claimed ‘the Perfect Motorcycle’ in its catalogue of 1911, but the company had many more years of life after that. Phil Mather takes a look at 1948’s version of the breed…

When Featherbed based specials are mentioned, several variations of power unit come to mind but hardly ever would P&M’s slogging old sloper feature in the list. Jim Reynolds meets one such man for whom such ‘prejudices’ do not exist and finds that even the most bizarre concoction can produce quite remarkable results

Super Onslow Special and So Obviously Superior were two suggestions what the ‘SOS’ badge stood for. Whatever the terminology, the bike was an appeal to discriminating riders, to try something different in the lightweight utility market…

Norton’s Commando twin was only ever intended as a stop-gap model to put the Norton name back in the public eye, but the ‘stop-gap’ ran for 10 years and is regarded by many as the finest incarnation of the traditional British parallel twin…