Features

Pre 65 trials bikes these days bear little or no relation to the way such sporting bikes actually were pre 1965, Classic Dirtbike has a look at a bike ‘as ridden’ in the day…

After an enviable run of TT and Manx Grand Prix results Nigel Rollason, with the late Donny Williams holding down the third wheel, finally stood on the top step of the TT podium after the second leg of the 1986 Sidecar TT, and in doing so made history…

This month we look at one of the classic scene’s seminal air-cooled strokers: they don’t get much better than the Yamaha RD400…

Fergus Anderson poses on a new AJS 7R racer – not a machine normally associated with him – in February 1949. One of the British pioneers of racing on the continent and a ‘continental circus’ founder member (with, among others, Ted Mellors), Anderson had a rich and varied life, which culminated in his racing…

A motorcycle strip-down will often stall with fasteners stubbornly stuck in situ. Before resorting to the electric drill, a range of agents, planned force and tools often removes all but the most awkward customers…

‘Polly’ Palmer, chairman of the BSA Owners Club goes through the A7/10 Bri-Tie style!

Honda’s twin was the learner-legal start for many who couldn’t bring themselves to buy a two-stroke. Here’s how to tell which is which…

A spectacular display of classics is promised at this weekend’s 33rd Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show. It’ll be a belter, with new traders joining the loyal regulars at what is now the third largest classic show in the United Kingdom…

The CB900 has always played second fiddle to its CBX1000 big brother. But this was Honda’s production racer for the biking masses and has got to be the biggest bargain on the classic market…

The 1926 Lightweight TT descended into controversy and near farce when following the race, runner-up Pietro Ghersi, the Moto Guzzi star, was excluded from the results on a technicality. He had used a different spark plug than specified on his entry form…