With this year’s event heralding the ninth year of the Prescott Motorcycle Festival, Dave Manning takes a trip into Gloucestershire to find out more. In 1937, thanks to the objections being made by the general
Read moreLatest Posts
Sunshine, smiles and poignant memories fill landmark Moidart Run
With photos from Eric Kitchen and Mike Wylie, John McCrink reports on the landmark 10th anniversary Gwen White Memorial Moidart Classic Motorcycle Run. In dry and sunny weather, a large group of true enthusiasts descended
Read more34hp and 60 years of progress?
If there’s one thing that classic motorcycling canteach us, it’s that the passage of time does not always equate with developments and improvements, as Chris Coote tells us. I own a 60-year-old Venom, which I
Read moreThe early years
Any of us who have been around motorcycles for any period of time will have some tales to tell of our fellow riders, and Ralph Ridley is certainly no exception… One of the benefits of
Read moreWinder and Wilson in dramatic clash at Woodford
Report: Brian Crichton – Pictures: Michael Innes Arch rivals in the leading UK classic motocross championship series clashed at Woodford, Northamptonshire on Sunday, July 7, with a needle match that couldn’t have been closer, with
Read moreScorching hot Tattershall Classic
Report and pictures: Brian Crichton It was the hottest day of the year so far and there were plenty of hot bikes to keep the temperature up at the second no-fees, invitation-only Classic Racing Motorcycle
Read moreThe shape of things to come more than half a century ago!
Pete Kelly raids the Mortons’ Archive once again to discover how the weekly motorcycling press reacted to a brace of 250cc Japanese twins in the early 1960s – Honda’s overhead-camshaft C72 Dream in 1961 and
Read moreOutside assistance
Regarding the front page photograph of Jim Sandford’s tyre repair in the 1971 ISDT on the Isle of Man. First the people from left to right, on bike number 999, is Ken Heanes, my friend
Read moreAn H1 meets its end
I was very interested to read in the May issue of OBM,, Steve Cooper’s article on the remarkable emergency development of the Kawasaki H1 500cc triple. Readers may be interested to recall that at the
Read moreIs anything new?
I was reading the letters in the latest OBM and something stirred when I read the letter titled ‘Nothing’s new’. Rummaging through my old motorcycle mags I came across the attached article. By modern standards
Read more