MARCH 2017 PREVIEW: Following Suzuki’s sometimes puzzling marketing philosophy of the 1970s, Steve Cooper traces the birth and development of the GT185 two-stroke twin. Back in the day, the way in which Suzuki divvied up
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MARCH 2017 PREVIEW: Sun motorcycles were manufactured from 1911 until 1961, but their roots go back to the Victorian Birmingham brass foundry of James Parkes & Son. We delved into our archive to show some
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An email from Stephen De’Ath, recalling a sensational sidecar outfit built by two of his now-deceased uncles in the 1950s, gets us delving into the Mortons Archive… Do any mature Old Bike Mart readers in
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…but sometimes it is the owner who has a lot to answer for, writes Tim Britton as he continues his Triumph Tiger 90 technical feature. Sometimes an unfortunate set of circumstances can lead to a disaster
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Mention of The Motor Cycle’s late Vic Willoughby in a recent ‘Prattle’ prompted Simon Warner to send us these recollections of both the Bar-None Motor Cycle Club and the Bar-One Motor Cycle and Racing Club, the latter
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During the 90th anniversary year of the Royal Signals’ White Helmets motorcycle display team, Pete Kelly relives every moment of a day he spent training with them at Catterick, North Yorkshire, during the summer of
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Bridgestone built some of the most advanced two-stroke bikes in the world, so why pull the plug 45 years ago? Steve Cooper explains. When the classic scene got going and folk finally realised there were
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Some considerable time ago, Tim Britton delved into a 3TA Triumph engine that had been lying around the place for years… and following a casual comment from editor Pete Kelly recently, Tim has kindly agreed
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Pete Kelly looks back fondly on an idyllic sidecar tour of Ireland with his late wife Liz, on a Kawasaki 1000/Squire combination, when the Troubles were at their height 37 years ago. The first time I ever
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Mick Payne looks back to his first meeting with Keith Wash, the founder of Unit Sidecars whose Hedingham models were keenly sought-after. I was running late, but my MZ ETZ250 and Squire Dart outfit wasn’t
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