Features
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A social history of motorcycling- Part 4: The One Percenters (1947-1950)
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In this series of extracts from his forthcoming book, Mike Lewis looks at the evolution of social motorcycling in Britain and the USA.
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The first twin
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Valentine Page designed a 650cc Triumph four years before Edward Turner’s 500cc Speed Twin. In many ways, the earlier machine was the more advanced.
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When two men go to work
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The enthusiasm, passion and hard graft of a father and son duo has resulted in a museum dedicated to charting the history of one France’s ‘big four’ motorcycle makers.
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Green day
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Aermacchi’s road going efforts have never enjoyed much publicity, which, as this rare five-speed Ala Verde (Green Wing)
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Motorcycling most fowl
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Mark Williams meets a man whose mission in life is making BSA’s modest little workhouse a force to be reckoned with.
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User friendly
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Forget ankle-snapping big singles with racing gear ratios and agonising riding positions. Try something more civilised from the house of the horse
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Le Mans alike
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You want a bike which looks, sounds and steers like an old Italian. But running a classic as a daily ride might not be entirely convenient…
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Lito X-cam
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This bike created a sensation at Earls Court Motorcycle Show in 1966. In a world in which two-strokes suddenly had taken the lead in motocross, there were still lots of sympathies for classic four-stroke machines. Could the Lito X-cam have rewritten history?
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Original and unrestored
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It started off as a nice idea when CDB was offered a totally original Francis-Barnett trials bike to feature. How many other comp bikes had survived unrestored, we asked, can’t be many surely? Maybe we’d get three or four out of the idea… seems there are more survivors out there than we thought. Anyway, just…
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It’s dirt bike heaven – and much more – at Telford
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After a year of detailed planning, the Classic Dirt Bike Show at the International Centre, Telford, on February 20-21 is ready to roll – and what a feast is in store!
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