Features

The ACU Spring One Day Trial of March 12, 1914, attracted a record entry of 178 and offered a challenging day’s riding in the Peak District, which The Motor Cycle described as “tests of flexibility, restarting and weatherproofness in the Peak District”…

Kawasaki’s GPz600R was the first liquid-cooled 600cc four, a breed that has defined sports machines in the 21st century. But was it launched too early with flawed technology? asks John Nutting…

This bespoke Royal Enfield Bullet was built in 1966, when the model was obsolete, to tackle the International Six Days Trial…

A case of dissatisfaction with the products of the factories they were racing motorcycles for and the feeling they could do better was the catalyst for Don and Derek Rickman to make their own scrambler…

The early 80s was a hot-bed of motorcycle development where two-strokes took on four. Suzuki built both. The GSX-R750 and RG500 were about as hot as it got. 25 years on CMM stages a re-match…

In early spring of 1955, Motor Cycling pulled off something of a coup; in the magazine’s own words: “Exclusively Penned for this Journal by the Brightest Star in the Motor Cycling Firmament… here is the Champion’s Own Story of Experiences Down Under”

The restoration nears completion. In this part Richard completes the engine strip, reassembles and finishes and refits the body parts

In a projectile measuring 17ft from nose to tail you would imagine there would be plenty of room for the rider. But that’s not so with Joe Dudek’s red and white Triumph-powered streamliner. Vic Willoughby explains…

Anyone who knows a little about Japanese motorcycling history will be aware that when Ernst Degner defected to the west in 1961 he brought to Suzuki the hard won knowledge of MZ’s competition department…

Velocette’s strangely futuristic glass-fibre clad Vogue was never the great success its makers hoped for and, in truth, it never stood a chance…