Features

Robin James restores classic motorcycles for a living. But after hours, he continues the development of the Gold Star scrambler he has owned for nearly 15 years

Think of six cylinders and you think Honda CBX – but Benelli got there first with its 750. Later came the 900 version but Neil Murray reckons the first was the real classic

The smaller cousins of BMW’s big flat twins, the 450 and 650 differed from the rest of the range in many ways. Forget the slow 450, says Neil Murray and look for a Brembo-braked R65

1979 Kawasaki KX250 A5: There’s only a handful of Kawasakis regularly competing on the twinshock circuit. Current Bake and Bite 250 champ Richard Wood wonders why…

In the editor’s home town it seemed, for a time in the early 80s at least, everyone had a trail bike of some sort for the winter

Inspired by the editor’s Bultaco ‘Rebuilt to ride’ series, Martin Bateson set to with a rare Kawasaki and the same ideal

By 1978, motocross was a war zone, with manufacturers at each other’s throats in the fight to cash in on the booming motocross market – particularly in the USA…

By the early 70s, the superbike contest was hotting up, and very soon, the consumer would have a far bigger choice of more powerful and faster bikes than ever before.

The Wychwood Brewery in Witney, Oxfordshire provided the setting for Royal Enfield’s Woodsman launch, Tim Britton went along…

Second part of Rod Gibson’s Suzuki GS750 engine overhaul. Here he surveys the damage…