Features

Three’s a crowd! Rigid, sprung hub and swinging arm versions of Triumph’s popular 500cc twins on test. Roy Poynting revs up with great enthusiasm for all three and nominates his favourite steed…

Velocette 250 and 350 ‘iron engine’ service notes. Models covered are MOV, MAC and MAF. Consistent design methods employed by Veloce Ltd over the years make the remainder of the work simple…

Dull with bright intervals, like the weather, was how the Motor Cycling reporter described the 125 race at the 1960 Ulster Grand Prix. But reading his race report it sounds anything but dull…

If you think this month’s subject matter looks like it has one foot in the 1960s that’d be a good thing because that’s exactly where it’s from! We dish up the gossip on one of Yamaha’s rarer 350s…

The first beach race to be held at Saltburn was in 1906, organised by the Yorkshire Automobile Club. More than 60,000 visitors came and the event continued to be popular until the First World War halted it. Racing restarted in 1920…

With the Goodwood Revival deciding on introducing a set of rules encouraging the use of early to mid-1950s type ‘club’ racers, Triumph pre-unit specialists Ace Classics and fellow London shop, the Baron Speed Shop, decided to join forces and get involved…

This superb looking 1983 Husqvarna CR500 Twinshock was rebuilt from scratch by Scottish dirt bike fanatic Finlay Wright…

With a motorcycle now out of reach until 17 years of age the disaffected yoof wanted, needed and demanded the sexiest moped they could have and here it was, the Garelli Tiger Cross. The best sports moped ever? Many claimed it was…

The 900s were the class of the 1990s but the Suzuki RF900R was in a class of one: rapid, radical looks and ridiculously cheap…

Given a handful of more powerful, more modern models in the garage with more street cred, a 1960 BSA A10 Golden Flash wouldn’t instantly spring to mind as the bike of choice for a certain young man and his girlfriend when planning this year’s trip to the Isle of Man for the Manx GP…