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Colin Seeley: The machines, The magic, The man
There are some people who’ve done little. There are some people who’ve done a lot. There are others who’ve done more than that. Then there was Colin Seeley.
Features - Shannon Butcher
March 4, 2020
From the Archive: Make yourself at home at the Victoria Bikers’ Pub
If you like the company of fellow motorcyclists in an atmosphere of live music, real ale and no-fuss British food, lots of rideouts and bike gatherings throughout the year, the Victoria Bikers’ Pub could be
Features - Nigel Devereux
March 4, 2020
From the archive: Born to perform?
Pete Kelly turns to the Mortons Motorcycle Archive once again to see how the reporters of the day saw three entirely different kinds of motorcycles named after famous race circuits.
Features - Shannon Butcher
February 6, 2020
A brief history of motorcycle sidecars
Uncommon as they are today, sidecars are an interesting footnote in motorcycling history…
Features - Shannon Butcher
February 4, 2020
Geoff Duke: First global superstar of racing
Geoff Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing, the first to win three successive world championships and the first to win two in the same year.
Features - Sam Hewitt
January 16, 2020
From the archive: The 2015 Sachsenring Classic – 80 years of motorcycle racing in one weekend
A total of 650 riders competed at the ADAC-Sachsenring-Classic in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in former East Germany. Thousands of spectators came to see the stars during the three-day event like in the old days before the iron
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 16, 2020
Sensational Stroker: DKW SS250
Words: James Robinson | Photography: Joe Dick / MORTONS ARCHIVE / PAUL INGHAM DKW was the leading light in 250cc racing during the 1930s, its works machines all-conquering. There was a privateer version too, of
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 15, 2020
From the Archive: On the Weekend – 2016 Vets MXdN
Words: Vets MXdN and Pics: Nick Haskell A victorious Team Belgium celebrated a sensational double victory at this year’s Vets MXdN at Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire on September 3-4, as they claimed top honours in
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 15, 2020
From our archive: The BSA Bantam: something worth crowing about
Hands up all those who’ve never owned or ridden a BSA Bantam! Even if your arm’s in the air, you probably know someone who did or still does! With the help of the BSA Bantam
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 15, 2020
Discovering the beautiful 1961 BSA Super Rocket
When John Foster first laid eyes on this BSA Super Rocket he was actually in the market for a Velocette, but the stunning pre-unit Beezer was enough to sway John’s affections on the spot.
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 11, 2020
From the archive: What happened to this much-travelled AJS?
Mark Gooding tells the story of his late father-in-law’s 1952 350cc AJS, OMA 859, now thought to be fitted with a 500cc engine, and wonders if any Old Bike Mart reader can help him trace
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 8, 2020
From the Archive: A touch of déjà vu
When Triumph’s twin engine needed a better chassis for ISDT use, eyes turned to Hampshire and Eric Cheney’s workshop. On the face of it Triumph’s twin, designed in the 1930s, ought not to have still
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 8, 2020
From the Archive: Pre-TT Classic May 30-31 2015
An emotional Jamie Coward paid tribute to Ted Woolf and the people who had stood by him after a shattered lower left leg ruled him out for much of 2014. John Watterson shares his story
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 7, 2020
The story of a snowy Colmore Cup Trial in 1932…
Snow and ice are often the bane of competitive winter motorcycling events. But in February 1932, it wasn’t enough!
Features - Nigel Devereux
January 3, 2020
END OF AN ERA: Looking back at the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix
As Ken Bills bump-started his 490cc ohc Norton for the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix, few would have imagined that he would be the last MGP winner for eight years.
Features - Nigel Devereux
December 30, 2019
‘A restyled British Vincent with an American accent’
A restyled Brit with an American accent, a long way from home in Stevenage, in terms of looks and in actuality.
Features - Nigel Devereux
December 30, 2019
Freddie Spencer and the 1985 championship double…
After Freddie Spencer won his first 500cc title in 1983 at 21, making him the youngest person to do so, Honda created the radical NSR500 V4 for the following year.
Features - Sam Hewitt
December 17, 2019
From the archive: Super Profile – a well-refined Ossa
Take one OSSA, add a dash of works rider, some Spanish enthusiasm and see the result… Words and pics: Tim Britton Mick Andrews’ record with OSSA motorcycles is an excellent one and as well as
Features - Nigel Devereux
December 9, 2019
January issue on sale now!
The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling.
Features - Sam Hewitt
December 7, 2019
From the archive: You pays your money… …and you takes your choice!
Pete Kelly rifles through Mortons’ Archives and turns up the following road test reports, from 1958 and 1960 respectively, which show how the motorcycle press of the day rated Royal Enfield’s 496cc Meteor Minor de
Features - Nigel Devereux
December 6, 2019
From the archive: First & Last in Line
When Honda debuted the 1981 CR250 they launched many firsts – liquid cooling, Pro-Link suspension – but it was the last to have the Elsinore designation. Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman Cast your mind
Features - Nigel Devereux
December 5, 2019
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