Features

  • Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland

    Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland

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    Scotland has only had two road racing world champions, Fergus Kenrick Anderson and John Robert Taylor, better known as Jock Taylor. Both were later killed taking part in the sport they loved. Chris Carter takes up the story. 

  • Golden era for ‘The Southern’

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    Before the 1954 Manx Grand Prix success of Derek Ennett, George Costain and Sid Mizen, the Southern Motorcycle Club held its race meetings at Andreas Airfield. 

  • Mick Grant on the Honda NR500

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    Two minutes. That’s how long it took Mick Grant to consider the offer Honda’s Gerald Davison made. Somewhere behind the team trucks, hardly hidden from the camera’s eye, Davison asked the then Kawasaki rider if he would be interested in joining Honda’s Grand Prix team in 1979. Grant said yes and stood on the brink…

  • A lifetime of memories with an old police bike

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    Bernard Ratcliffe tells Pete Kelly about his 61-year love affair with an ex-Metropolitan Police Triumph Speed Twin. 

  • Great news for British classic bike owners as Rex’s Speed Shop takes Pazon agency

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    Rex’s Speed Shop, whose operation was highlighted on Steve Cooper’s Japanese pages a year ago, recently became an official Pazon ignition agent in the United Kingdom – and to back it up, the Robertsbridge, East Sussex, firm is now stocking genuine Lucas and PVL products.  

  • Blue Style meets blue yonder

    Blue Style meets blue yonder

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    On their 350cc Jawa/Velorex sidecar outfit, Mick Payne and Katy have set off on the journey of a lifetime. Having reached the Lake District, Mick brings his first impressions of the humble outfit with a big task ahead.  

  • Over, Onwards

    Over, Onwards

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    Faster than a speeding Bullet. Quite a lot faster, in fact. The Over Enfield reveals how much performance can be extracted from a decently ancient engine design 

  • ON THE TRIUMPH TROPHY TRAIL

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    One man in search of his ultimate Triumph off-roader 

  • BIG SID’S VINCATI: AN ANGLO ITALIAN MASTERCLASS

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    The Vincent and Ducati V-twin (although Ducati insist on calling theirs an L-twin), have much in common. 

  • FIRST GENTLEMAN OF RACING

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    A genuine superstar of motorcycle sport has left us. We recall the highlights of Geoff Duke’s career 


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