While there are countless books regaling motorcycle trips through foreign lands available for purchase nowadays, many of them give the impression that riding around the world is an easy affair. Although, to be frank, it
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Written by Brighton’s wall of death historian, Ann Wright, this book focuses on the history of the Todd and Soutter families’ involvements in the wall of death between 1929 and the Sixties, and has a great
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Ted Macauley first met Mike Hailwood at the Isle of Man TT in 1961 when Mike was just 21 years old and was riding in all four solo classes, becoming the first rider to win
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Mention the words King Dick and most polite people will simply think ‘spanner’ – but Bill Whiteley’s new book, The Quest for King Dick, leaves us in no doubt that the quality spanners for which
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By Pete Kelly I sometimes think that Yorkshiremen are born with dry humour – and it simply falls from the pages of Ken Mellor’s self-published book, Only Bounders Ride Motorcycles, 100 Years of Family Motorcycling.
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Raiding the bound volumes of the old ‘Green ’Un’ and ‘Blue ’Un’ weeklies in Mortons’ impressive Archive month after month for Old Bike Mart material, this reviewer loved the black and white, almost ‘scrapbook’ design
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Encompassing the years 1963 to 1982, Isle of Man TT, The Golden Years, brings those exciting years back to life with 108 unforgettable images.How this reviewer remembers the crisp, smooth sound of Max Deubel’s fabulous
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Widely regarded as the favourite motorcycle of dispatch riders during the Second World War, the 350cc Matchless G3L pushrod single was respected for its ruggedness and durability, and Gordon May’s latest book, Overland to Vietnam,
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If a book ever deserved to be bound in soft, supple, deep black leather, then this is it! Open its pages and, just like the Jumanji board game in the 1995 film of the same
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Many TT fans will know that Charles R Collier, riding a Matchless, won the 1907 single-cylinder class over 10 laps of the original St John’s course, a distance of 158.125 miles, in 4hrs 8min 8sec
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