New & Features

Last year’s winner was Malcolm Nettleship’s 1969 Yamaha YAS1 In 2012 the idea of an overall champion, by enthusiasts’ vote rather than an arbitrary decision by a panel of judges, was tested out. Basically the Best in Show at each of our 2012 shows went into the ring against each other and enthusiasts could log…

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Nortons at Shepton Mallet show For this year’s theme it is going for ‘a racing start’, and the stand will be decked out as a typical race track start line with a grandstand and a ticket office. On the start line will be a fine line up of Manx Nortons. 2013 marks the branches 50th…

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Kickstart and piston kits for Villiers As we all can appreciate, a motorcycle part designed to be kicked and spending its life in an area likely to be covered in road muck or mud and such, like in the case of an off-roadster, is likely to wear out. Most Villiers parts are well past their…

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Want a high gloss shine? Contact ACM Finishing The staff at the Lowestoft business had been polishing metal parts for years using conventional polishing methods which involve surface preparation and then buffing and finishing, and although this system has been sufficient for most polishing jobs they felt that some jobs required more than the usual…

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Harley-Davidson tour The Ride Home, which begins on August 18, is a 10 day ride across the United States from Los Angeles, California to Milwaukee, Wisconsin birthplace and home of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. The tour arrives in Milwaukee just in time for the 110th anniversary of Harley-Davidson celebrations. On the way it will visit the Mojave…

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Our project Can-Am would have been ideal for the Twinshock Trailfinder event If you’ve got a twinshock bike, a brain and don’t fancy the ‘eat my dust’ world of guided trail-rides then this two day, old-school, non-GPS map-reading event in the Pyrenees is for you. The entry is £200 per rider. You must be in…

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Dates announced for Borders Classic Bike Show • Calls to lower drink drive A road safety organisation has applauded the Scottish Government’s move towards lowering the drink drive limit and called for the rest of the UK to follow suit. GEM Motoring Assist says that if Scotland makes the move, it will be brought into…

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New look calendar It unfolds, so that the unfortunate machines depicted each fill an entire A4 sheet, thus rendering oil leaks, dents, rust patches and mismatched parts clearly visible. The lower part has individual days outlined, providing enough room to note down award ceremonies, hospital appointments, court appearances and other important engagements. The six illustrations,…

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Matt and Mike Collier with Sammy Miller at the handing over of the Collier To mark the inspiration of this great innovator the trust is contemplating a ‘Bob Collier Area.’ The machines are circa 1940s 1056cc Vertical Twin (as featured in the December 1942 issue of Bike Magazine), Austin Seven trials bike and Scottish Six…

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Eccles Racing Cruiser boots It’s all well and good wearing modern riding gear on an old motorcycle but it doesn’t look right does it? All that bling and boots with sliders with spangly bits on is okay if you’re heading off to the local meeting point on your hyper bike and standing round in your…

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