New & Features

Once more, the second weekend in February sees a mass migration of off-road classic machinery heading to Telford, for the 2020 Classic Dirt Bike Show, sponsored by Hagon Shocks. As you’ll now doubt know, not only is Hagon a key provider of shock absorbers to the motorcycle aftermarket, but is also a company with a…

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Seemingly, nothing is safe nowadays. We recently heard that the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum down in the New Forest, has had the Guide Dogs for the Blind donation box smashed and the contents stolen. The first that staff knew about it was when they noticed their donkeys wandering around the drive, indicating that the gate…

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Organisers Andrew Johnstone and John McCrink are pleased to announce that the 11th Moidart Peninsula Classic Motorcycle Road Run will take place on Thursday, April 30, 2020. They are delighted to add that the guest of honour for the event is none other than trials legend and all-round motorcyclist Sammy Miller. Sammy is no stranger…

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Breaking the stranglehold that religious festivals and cultural pressures have on the festive period and the new year, any excesses can be walked off with a healthy stroll around the former RAF Winthorpe, north of Newark, Nottinghamshire over the weekend of January 11-12, 2020. You’ll more likely know this as being Newark Showground, home to…

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There’s been no cover-up operation regarding the new twin-cylinder Royal Enfield machines, although a significant wait was forthcoming for those of us desperately eager to get our hands on one of the new 650cc models. Nigh on 18 months after the new offerings were due to hit the roads of the UK, Dave Manning finally…

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Although Del Hickey had seen the event advertised for several years, he’d never been before… This year, I’d decided it was time to make the effort and head across country to check it out, after all, they said there was an autojumble, bike show and vintage aircraft fly-in, what could be better than that? Having…

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Cheshire Branch Bhurtpore Show What with a damp weather outlook in the south Cheshire countryside, Will Barber and the South Cheshire VJMC were expecting a considerable decrease in classic bike enthusiasts venturing out in the rain to their now well-established annual show. The previous day saw us erecting the marquees, staking out and allotting pitches…

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The Mortons Books catalogue showcases a wide range of topics from railway, military and aviation history to consumer issues, hobbies, crime and politics.

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While theft was once thought of as a minority concern for classic bike owners, it’s something that has become more prevalent in recent years, so we can never have too much security for our beloved machines. New from renowned security experts Squire (running since 1780!), is the Behemoth lock and chain set, complete with its…

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BSA Bantam kick-start shafts were changed for the production of the B175 model – the very last one to be produced in 1970. The change was made because the gear-change shaft which runs through the middle of the kick-start shaft had, on earlier engines, such a tight tolerance that with very little use the two…

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