Features

This charming 1954 Francis-Barnett has been owned by a father and then his son from new. It was off the road for some years, though has now been restored to its former glory. Roy Poynting tells the tale…

It has long been a tradition among motor cycle makers to name a particular super-sporting model after a speed venue at which the marque has done especially well; we need only mention the Triumph Daytona, Rudge Ulster, Greeves Silverstone, and Velocette Thruxton…

Though the Norton Model 50 is often derided for its lack of pace, it’s more a case of an exceptional frame, rather than a disappointing engine that has led to this largely unjustified criticism. Roy Poynting tells the story…

Launched in 1975, the low, lithe S3 was a visual treat. This Moto Guzzi S3 has been superbly restored and uprated by its owner, and is now capable of what the Italian factory originally claimed for it…

With the show and parading season looming the pressure was on to complete the restoration of the Moto Cinelli Ducati TT2. Would all the comoponent parts ever be reunited? Malc Wheeleer fills us in, and keep those tissues handy…

Time was when production racing meant taking a road bike and building a racer from it. But in the late 1970s that changed. Some of the straight-out-of-a-crate bikes were so good to start with, they were competitive on track with minimal additional work…

Records toppled last month when the Southern California Timing Association organized the annual attack on American speed records. The Bonneville Flats are the record breaker’s dreams come true — a hard, flat surface, absence of traffic, spectators and, ample room for ‘running out of road!’

Joey Dunlop will never be forgotten. The most successful TT rider of all time was a modest man whose charity work for under-privileged children also made him a hero to people who had never witnessed his genius on a motorcycle…

Peter Fraser visits a specialist motor cyclist dealer’s workshop and deals with cylinder wear, chaincase condensation, oil leaks and clutch trouble

The whys and wherefores behind the phenomenally powerful rotary-valved 124cc 200bhp/litre MZ two stroke explained by Vic Willoughby