OBM editor Peter Kelly will be presenting a brand new trophy for the best classic motorcycle in original condition at the second Classic Motorcycle Day to be organised in conjunction with the Vincent HRD Owners’
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Pete’s Prattle
Two readers’ letters in this issue raise niggling concerns about the future of classic bike riding, and I put the word in italics to emphasise the difference between riding and owning. In his emailed letter
Read moreJUNE 2018
NEWS DIARY DATES READERS’ LETTERS MADE IN JAPAN A BIT ON THE SIDE READERS’ TALES MODEL OF THE MONTH UNEARTHED FEEDBACK FROM OUR ARCHIVE CLASSIFIED SERVICES GUIDE CLUB CALL The next issue of OBM will
Read moreFancy an Indian?
A 1921 Indian Powerplus motorcycle is one of the star lots in the Charterhouse auction of classic motorcycles and cars on Sunday, June 17. “The name Indian is legendary in the motorcycle world,” commented Matthew
Read moreDakar Rally hero Sam Sunderland awarded coveted Segrave Trophy
The Royal Automobile Club has awarded its prestigious Segrave Trophy to Dorset motorcycle racer Sam Sunderland for becoming the first Briton to take a Dakar Rally crown by winning the motorcycle category in last year’s
Read moreThunderfest winners come within a whisker of perfection
With a brilliant sun beating down from a cloudless blue sky it could have been Jerez rather than Derbyshire, but the Tarmac was melting at the Darley Moor circuit for the eighth edition of Thunderfest,
Read moreHappy memories – and thoughts turn to a four-stroke Jawa outfit
Mick Payne looks back fondly to the marathon round-Britain sidecar journey that he and partner Kate made to raise funds for research into Alzheimer’s disease, and wonder how one of the new 350cc overhead-camshaft Jawas,
Read moreMurray’s Motorcycle Museum
Nobody needs an excuse to go to the Isle of Man, especially during the first week in June, but Dave Manning knows that there’s a place away from the Mountain Circuit that is a hidden
Read moreWhy I’ll never forget Ray’s wonderful R60-framed BMW R100RS/GP outfit
Mick Payne reflects on the late Ray Doran’s cleverly modified BMW/Watsonian GP Sport combination. Last month, our editor Pete gave a tantalising glimpse of the sadly deceased Ray Doran’s lovely BMW outfit, and this got
Read moreXL250 – the Honda trailie that came oh, so close…
In the last of his features about Japanese trail bikes, Steve Cooper takes a close look at Honda’s XL250 that was first revealed 46 years ago in 1972. By the end of the 1960s, Honda’s
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