Concluding the story about motorcycles in his life, Tony Proctor tells how he set up a brand new Yamaha Centre 38 years ago. Here’s a car showroom – turn it into a bike shop! A
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Sunbeam Club’s Pioneer Run hits 77 not out
In mid-February 1930, a crowd gathered at Croydon Aerodrome to witness the very first Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club’s Pioneer Run to Brighton for pre-1914 motorcycles – which, it has to be said, were not all
Read moreMore than half-a-million bikes in a year – Royal Enfield’s best financial results ever
After selling more than half-a-million motorcycles in the last financial year, Royal Enfield has announced its best-ever results for a 12-month period. More than half-a-million bikes in a year – Royal Enfield’s best financial results
Read moreVintage Tyres appoints new managing director
Vintage Tyres, the world’s largest supplier of original-equipment tyres for enthusiast vehicles, has appointed Ben Field, who joined the company last June, as its new managing director. Vintage Tyres appoints new managing director Ben Field
Read moreSquare Four evolution
While little cannot already have been written about the Ariel Square Four, it takes only a brief look through the Mortons Archive to reignite the intrigue this distinguished British design has always generated, writes Pete
Read moreYamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out
Eyebrows were raised when Yamaha entered the ‘big single’ market in the 1970s – but it had done its homework thoroughly to put some tired old bogeys to rest, writes Steve Cooper. Yamaha’s XT and
Read more‘Tangerine Dream’ winner announced
Peter Allan of Epsom, Surrey, is the lucky winner of the top prize in the National Motorcycle Museum’s Winter Raffle, a 1959 Triumph T120 ‘Tangerine Dream’ 650cc Bonneville. ‘Tangerine Dream’ winner announced This 1990 limited-edition
Read morePicturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany
If your perception of northern France is that it’s flat and boring, you need to experience the annual three-day Tour du Calvados, run by the Lue sur Mer-based Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Club, writes
Read moreTesting, testing! How the bike journos of old saw the Squariels
The uncanny flexibility of the Ariel Square Fours, from the 497cc and 597cc ‘cammies’ to the final pushrod-operated 997cc Mk. 2, always amazed those fortunate enough to road test these four-pot classics, as these excerpts
Read moreBill Little to retire after almost 40 years
After establishing his business, Bill Little Motorcycles of Oak Farm, Braydon, near Swindon SN50AG, in 1979, Bill has finally decided to put his feet up, and a Retirement Sale, with lots of automobilia and memorabilia
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