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The South East Enduro Combine has announced that it will be continuing the Tollring Evo class for classic bikes this year...
Safer tie-down straps from Lynx, minimising the 'bungee...
Sam Grief (age 15, from Willington, near Derby) spent a week on...
Another reminder that June 16 sees the return of Vintage Motor...
The Amberley Museum is located within a network of roads which...

Latest General Feature

Early Golden Flashes being used by the Police

I had one of those: BSA A10

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...
DMW P200 De Luxe  and proud owner

DMW P200 De Luxe

Not every concours champion needs to be a mutli-cylindered superb...
Suzuki GT750M

Top bikes of the Seventies: 4

John Nutting's top 40 bikes from the Seventies, distilled from ov...
Suzuki RS68 125cc four-cylinder racer

Suzuki RS68

The 125 that escaped Suzuki’s crusher. John Nutting describes h...
Don't give thieves a chance...

Motorcycle security

Much of the info is anecdotal, but in the last couple of months, ...

Latest Road Test

Matchless G3 Mercury and Norton ES2

Norton ES2 and Matchless G3

By the mid-1960s the once-great independent Matchless and Norton motorcycle concerns had been amalgamated and product ranges rationalised, and the two firms – once great rivals – were now producing identical-bar-the-badge machines...
1938 Rudge Ulster

Rudge Ulster

Retired teacher design and technology teacher John Crispin gives ...
Velocette 350 MAC and 250 MOV

Velocette singles

The keys to a successful marriage may be hanging in the garage, j...
Norton ES2

Norton ES2

From early sporting leanings in the roaring 20s, Norton’s immor...
Sunbeam 3½ hp

Sunbeam 3½hp

Sunbeam always had an image of being a machine for gentlemen – ...

Latest Buying Guide

1938 Magnat-Debon Poum

Magnat-Debon Poum

Ace restorer John Guy is well known on the show circuit, for his collection of vintage and post-vintage machines, six of which are SOS two-strokes. To find John as the owner of the featured French-built Magnat-Debon, then, was a bit of a surprise...
1960 Matchless G50

Matchless G50

When Associated Motor Cycles’ engineers enlarged the 350cc AJS ...
1969 Triumph Bonneville T120R classic British motorcycle

Triumph Bonneville T120R

Triumph's Bonneville was, for many, at about its peak in 1969 as ...
1970 Velocette Venom classic motorcycle

Velocette Venom

This late Velocette Venom is a fine hard-working example of what ...
BSA Gold Star

BSA Gold Star: a history

Some experts consider the Gold Star to be the best bike ever buil...

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