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‘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…

The Vincent name has always carried a certain exclusivity and mystique – and the pictures of this glorious Rapide perhaps help illustrate why…

Though it was called a ‘Special’ the so-named model was actually the cooking 500cc single in the Rudge range – much to the embarrassment of one concours judge who awarded it first prize in the Specials’ Class at a classic show, much to the derision from Triton builders…

Do you approach the annual MoT with confidence or trepidation? OBM takes the VMCC’s Triumph SD along to Clarke’s Garage in Horncastle for ‘the test’…

Raymond Drinkall forces his 4½hp Quadrant onward and upwards, during his attempt to be the first motorcyclist to successfully reach the summit of Helvellyn in the Lake District. At 3117ft above sea level, it is third only to Scafell Pike and Scafell in terms of loftiness…

Four young Frenchmen set off on an intrepid expedition, leaving the Place de a Concorde in Paris, with the Obelisk of Luxor prominent, bound for Tibet. Their machines are 125cc Lambrettas…