Just a day after last month’s issue of OBM was printed, we heard that Alpha Bearings had been closed, after the sad loss of Max Nightingale in June – since he was sole director of
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Moto Club Indianos Colombres Rally
The word is now definitely out on the classic world bush telegraph that the annual Moto Club Indianos Colombres Rally is the best in Spain and probably much of Europe, and Ian Kerr MBE wholeheartedly
Read moreThe evolution of George Harris’s BINDY
Rumours of a highly developed racing Bantam have been trickling into the OBM office, and Tony Jones gives us the full insider lowdown In reply to Andy White’s letter in last month’s issue regarding BINDY,
Read moreFrozen in time: the bikes and banter of WW1
Pete Kelly looks through a batch of images from the Mortons Archive illustrating the vital role that motorcycles, their riders and mechanics played during the First World War, which finally ended 100 years ago on
Read moreSetting the standard – Honda’s benchmark four-stroke twin
Solid, reliable and supremely efficient – Steve Cooper reflects on how the K series Honda CB250/350 twins were so important for Honda in 1968 Not every anniversary is, by default, a momentous one. Some can
Read moreJust one more. Just the one…
You know how it is – you agonise about acquiring a ‘new’ bike (in my case a 1973 Triumph Adventurer TR5T) and eventually succumb and push the ‘Buy it Now’ (or whatever) button, convincing yourself:
Read moreDo exactly as I say!
As a trainee mechanic, Colin Evans was as green as any apprentice, and it was only a matter of time before he was sent for a ‘long weight’, a ‘left-handed screwdriver’ or some ‘tartan paint’…
Read moreGet your motor running, head out on the highway
For most classic enthusiasts, seeing a standard Brit classic modified to within an inch of its life is sacrilege, but when that bike was only worth a paltry sum when it was bought, is it
Read moreAppointment only exemption!
A rare opportunity was given to members of local bike clubs in the Portsmouth area last month (September) when Ray Waller, co-owner of the Comet Classics Showroom, near Emsworth, Hampshire, invited them to view his
Read moreBig cats, and travelling in chairs
Recently I travelled from the north east to Lancashire to visit my cousin, Laura Yates, who is not in the best of health, and during the visit her daughter got some old photos out. Among
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