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Tin should not be damaged by fire. Frank Westworth discovers that you should never believe your own eyes. One of the reasons I was happy to pay out five hundred of HM’s most excellent pound notes for what may appear to have been a pile of scrap was because the toasted remnant had all of…

As rarities go, they don’t come much more unusual than this US-only off-road BSA A65 competition twin…

Never likely to set the pulses racing and often dismissed as ‘grey porridge’ and heaved onto the scrap man’s wagon, this BSA C10L – so representative of an era – is now a rarity. And that’s a real shame, because it has a charm which was overlooked when originally on sale. James Robinson explains…

Triumph specialist Hughie Hancox spent many happy years at Meriden and had a ‘right royal time’. Here he shares some anecdotes, from archery in the Packing Department to covering up for test rider Percy Tait when a policeman chased him into the factory canteen…

Yamaha’s RD250 two stroke twin was the first production bike to use reed valves to help deliver some midrange without killing performance elsewhere. But they were viewed with suspicion…

With the Triumph Bonneville celebrating its silver jubilee, the VMCC chose to offer up one such machine for their Christmas raffle prize. Always keen on a bargain, Jim Reynolds went to sample his quid’s worth…

Peter Williams, Norton factory rider and designer of the team’s new monocoque-framed machine, gave the company a well-overdue victory in the 1973 Formula 750 TT…

BSA’s Rocket Three wasn’t appreciated in the all-important American market, with its boxy, jarring look, and it was a poor seller. A pity because the bike had many hidden talents under its skin. Tim Britton reacquaints himself with a stunning example in snow-flurried Norfolk…

This largely original and unrestored Ariel Square Four spent many of the years since its 1938 build in Malta, where it was owned by one family until the present keeper acquired it…

The pretty Triumph Tiger Cub has always attracted a fair following, which continues to be the case…