Features

It’s early May, 1963 and a bunch of bikers are arriving at the Dorchester, in Park Lane, London. So what’s happening? Here’s what Motor Cycle had to say…

Kiwi style ‘TT racing’ in 1950 was like a cross between TT racing as practiced in Britain and America; many of the top running machines were cammy Velos, Norton and Ajays, plus GP Triumphs, as used in the Isle of Man road races, though the course was often more dirt and grit covered, as for…

For some building a special means searching out the right parts from this catalogue or that brochure, others take a more involved route and make most of the bike themselves. Tim Britton meets up with such an engineer who turned his hand to his BSA Gold Star…

Probably the biggest and most important event in the motorcycling calendar in the 1950s was the Earls Court Show, held annually. Manufacturers displayed their wares to the buying public, who were presented with the opportunity to see everything that was on offer to them – and some things that weren’t…

Yamaha’s 350cc YR2C may be rare in the UK, but that’s because the twin cylinder street scrambler was aimed fair and square at the US market. It was another landmark product for Yamaha…

Despite the total lack of logic to the basic arithmetic involved, certain machines just somehow conspire to be greater than the sum of their component parts…

OK Supreme’s Flying Cloud was one of the most romantically named motorcycles and this example inspired an emotional reunion, more than 60 years after its manufacture…

This AJS V-twin combination has benefited from a number of tweaks by its owner, classic motorcycle restoration guru Robin James…

The 250cc AJS Model 22 is quite a rarity, though its combination of ‘big bike’ feel and dimensions, plus a willing little engine, should make it a winner…