New & Features

Well, 'bike cover' is too simplictic. It’s a preservation system for use when laying up a bike for a while. What it does is provide an easily assembled cover on its own ‘floor’ which seals out the damp atmosphere. Once the bike is in there the atmosphere surrounding it is replaced with a corrosion inhibiting…

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It will be held at Whitchurch High School, Penlline Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF14 2XJ on Sunday, May 11. The event has run successfully on and off over several years, missing out 2013, but it’s back on again and will be put together by the local club section. The show has always been an open…

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Watsonian Meteor partnered with a Moto Guzzi V7 racer Only 601 of the initial Meteor were built by Watsonian, between 1946-49, using a batch of RAF Mosquito bomber reserve fuel tanks which the company had bought from the Air Ministry shortly after the end of the Second World War. Made from stretched and spun plywood,…

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Beautiful bobber brightens Belstaff Although the bike had only 4500 miles it was cosmetically a mess. Owner Ian Spinney teamed up with John McGeachin of www.classicbikerepairsglasgow.co.uk to lighten the machine with stainless guards, fit a low profile Optima seat and expose the engine, carb and exhaust by removing the air filter assembly. All frame and…

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Frank Lemstra at speed • Dutch rider takes North East Club’s 500cc Classic Championship Frank Lemstra, a motorcycle dealer from Amsterdam, became the North East Motorcycle Racing Club’s 2013 500cc Classic Champion at East Fortune Raceway in The Borders Region by beating close rival and 2011 champion Colin Stockdale from Whitby. He won the title…

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Continuing on from the successful Border Revvers weekend in May, the event attracted just under 30 classics across a decent range of manufacturers including Laverda, Moto Morini, Moto Guzzi and Ducati. The base for the weekend was Dingwall, set in the beautiful coastal scenery of Ross-shire and Sutherland, with great biking roads and several famous…

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The news comes following the completion of a strategic review recommending closure of the current warehouse and distribution operation based at Sparkford, and the amalgamation of the UK automotive manuals and general interest books section of the company. With origins that can be traced back to 1960, Haynes Publishing has undergone many changes since it…

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Says David: “The bike is a two previous owner 1959 ES2 500 Norton, this is a local motorcycle bought new by the late Gilbert (Gilly) Iveson from Bangor Co Down on July 3, 1959. He bought the bike from our well known Norton agent; Chambers motorcycle dealers in Belfast. Gilly motoXed, trialled and I saw…

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The ‘CBX 2014’ calendar shows off the most successful six pack in the annals of the motorcycle in all its facets on 13 stunning photographs. Ruedi Imhof not only owns these bikes, he also rides them. The thrilling action shots show the Swiss national on his first-generation CBX and on the evolution model, which thanks…

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Riku Routo was the first to make a change in that respect when he opened Ace Corner Finland in Lahti, a town in the south of Finland. It works like its London mother ship. It is a great place to hang out. There is eating and drinking, as well as different runs and gatherings. Naturally…

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