By courtesy of the Sammy Miller Museum, visitors to the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Festival of 1000 Bikes at Mallory Park on July 7-8 will thrill to the sounds of two of the most exotic
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From our Archive: The Rising of the Rising Sun
Dave Manning looks back to the very first days when ‘Honda’ became a familiar word, and the enthusiasm with which the weekly motorcycle press welcomed Japan’s engineering excellence. When Soichiro Honda claimed, in 1954, that
Read moreWater in the works!
Martin Hamer looks back fondly on a wet Scottish Highland tour with a dear friend on a misfiring 500cc Honda four, thanks to water in the works. Reading the November 2017 issue of Old Bike
Read moreBMW Airhead Fellowship plans its most ambitious event so far
The BMW Airhead Fellowship, a non-profit-making organisation run by Peter Ardron and dedicated to keeping as many air-cooled ‘R’-series BMWs as possible on the road, is planning an ambitious event at the Lincolnshire Showground in
Read moreA Holmes-spun Triumph…
Recalling being blown into the weeds by a sharp-sounding and decidedly rapid JH Special Triumph Tiger Cub, John McCrink visits the man who created it and marvels at his home-brewed craftsmanship. About 10 years ago,
Read moreWe admired the Honda CB750, shook our heads and said this was the end – how right we were!
Gold-plated Daimlers – but belt-driven lathes still tried to produce precision motorcycle engine parts Former Umberslade employee John Cart adds to the revelations already published by OBM about this former BSA Group research facility as
Read moreMeet Carrot Cycles – Lincoln’s ‘can do’ team
During a visit to Carrot Cycles of Lincoln, Dave Manning is amazed by the sheer range of motorcycle components the team is able to produce, replicate or improve for the classic or vintage enthusiast. If
Read moreTRUE GRIT!: Shortened 79th Pioneer Run braves ‘Mini Beast from East’
Despite snow on the ground and a bitterly cold wind, the Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club’s classic season-opener on Sunday, March 18 brought determination by the bucketload, writes Ian Kerr. Although amber weather warnings about the
Read moreBSA C10 that taught me everything
Bernie Freeman looks back fondly at the 250cc side-valve single that was the first love of his motorcycling life. I knew I wanted a motorbike from the age of 13, when I saw one ‘tonning
Read moreGetting the wind up – with a bit of dry Cornish humour!
Colyn Thomas fondly remembers the comings and goings around an old Cornish garage beside the A38 where he and his motorcycling friends met up in the mid-1950s. Remember the Good Old Days, with rickety old
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