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Road Test: Triumph Hurricane X-75
Triumph's Trident and the similar BSA Rocket Three, both great bikes, bombed in America because of their blocky styling. Craig Vetter's Hurricane addressed that styling issue. Tim Britton hits the UK coast on a restored Triumph Hurricane X-75 custom cruiser to see what all the fuss was about...
Road Tests - Tim Britton, pics Ginger Snaps
January 4, 2013
Road Test: Triumph TRW
Jim Reynolds rides a smart Triumph TRW, the side-valve 500cc twin that was standard issue to the Nato forces in the 1950s and 60s. It's been a while since Jim had ridden a TRW but the bike's quiet charm is perfect for making friends...
Road Tests - Jim Reynolds, pics by Jim Davies
December 12, 2012
Road Test: AJS H9 Touring Model
The 4.98hp AJS Touring Model quickly earned a reputation for versatility. It offered a broad top-gear performance range and an impressive load-carrying ability, which appealed equally to commercial carriers and private enthusiasts. In this instance, patience seems to be the key to owning this flat-tanker...
Road Tests - Mike Lewis
December 6, 2012
Road Test: Fantic 245
In Issue 21 we were invited along to a secret test location in Derbyshire to see half a dozen air-cooled monoshock trials bikes put through their paces by Mick Andrews and Nigel Birkett. This issue we’re going to have a closer look at Danny Littlehales’ Fantic 245...
Road Tests - Tim Britton
November 15, 2012
Road Test: Honda CB250
When learners in 1980 chose their first bike, it was more often than not Honda’s sensible and impressive looking CB250N. John Nutting rode the bike and its predecessors...
Road Tests - John Nutting
November 9, 2012
Road Test: Henderson Model E
Henderson’s four-cylinder marvel was unparalleled for its era and history records that the ‘Rolls-Royce of Motorcycling’ epithet would attach itself to a rival English firm. Yet, it was a Henderson ‘four’ that first circled the globe during 1913... Mike Lewis explains
Road Tests - Mike Lewis
November 9, 2012
Road Test: Honda RC30 v Yamaha 0W01
Prices have doubled in less than 10 years and yet there’s never been a better time to buy a Honda RC30 or Yamaha OW01. Steve Rose explains why...
Road Tests - Steve Rose, Ben Wilkins, pics by Joe Dick
November 1, 2012
Road Test: Kawasaki 650cc-750cc fours
When 'Father of the Z1' Ben Inamura designed the Z650 in 1976 he could never have realised that derivatives would still be in production 30 years later. John Nutting tested a number of the original versions at MIRA...
Road Tests - John Nutting
October 25, 2012
Road Test: Laverda SF750 part 1
In the 1970s Dave Minton first greeted the idea of a high-speed, high-mileage 750cc parallel twin with suspicion, but he was fast won over. Here's how, and why...
Road Tests - David Minton
October 22, 2012
Road Test: Kawasaki 250S1
Still drop dead gorgeous and probably the best looking 250 of the 70s, the Kawasaki S1 inspires many a middle aged man to relive his teens...
Road Tests - Steve Cooper, pics by Paul Bryant
October 16, 2012
Road Test: Honda GB500TT
Honda’s GB500TT was the coolest of the Japanese big singles. This one’s been tweaked to make it even cooler, and it's also our competition prize. Steve Rose takes up the story...
Road Tests - Steve Rose, pics by Joe Dick
October 16, 2012
Road Test: Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha’s original RD350LC was furious if not as fast as we’d expected. But the two-stroke twin had huge potential which has been explored with a huge range of modifications. John Nutting tested it at MIRA in the early 1980s...
Road Tests - John Nutting, words and pics
September 6, 2012
Road Test: Yamaha XS1
In the early Seventies the world of twins was simple; Ducati produced V-twins, BMWs were horizontally opposed and the British persevered with pushrod parallels... then Yamaha mixed it all up, with the OHC XS1...
Road Tests - Steve Cooper
August 30, 2012
Road Test: BSA B30-4
Mike Dixon's rare, tuned example of the BSA B30-4, denoted by a small star red star stamped onto the crankcase, was described to him as being similar to the machine campaigned in competitive trials by Marjorie Cottle during 1930...
Road Tests - Mike Lewis
August 2, 2012
Road Test: Velocette LE/Valiant Special
This Velocette Special takes the engine from the LE and slots it into the rolling chassis of the Valiant, creating a tidy little lightweight...
Road Tests - Roy Poynting, pics by Terry Joslin
August 2, 2012
Road Test: BSA A7
Some motorcycles are the ruffians of the two-wheeled world. The BSA 500 twin is instead one of motorcycling’s gentlefolk…
Road Tests - Rowena Hoseason, pics RH and Frank Westworth
July 25, 2012
Road Test: Yamaha RD twins
Motorcyclists who grew up in the Seventies and had more than hint of fire in their veins would have had to try a Yamaha two stroke twin. In whatever size they came - 125cc, 200cc, 250cc, 350cc or 400cc - they were fast and furious and could punch much more than their weight...
Road Tests - John Nutting
July 25, 2012
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