In this issue

Your guide to: Ducati 916
It broke rules, records, and hearts... all you need to know about the 916.

Old bike mechanics directory
It’s growing, those useful workshops to help you with your bike.

Ogier Laverda
Take a 500cc Laverda Montjuic and improve. Then head over and win Daytona..

An A65 As We Wanted It

Jim and Liz knew just how they wanted their A65 Lightning to be

10 mins

Norton Atlas 750

Hutch’s Norton Atlas 750 has been a good, solid workhorse – until some journalist had a little go on it and the clutch broke…

2 mins

National Motorcycle Museum Live 2019

Getting more people to come to a museum must sometimes seem like a tricky affair, but the National Motorcycle Museum does it brilliantly. They let you in, for one day only, for free!

1 min

Coventry Eagle Flying 8

The little-known range topper of everyman bikes manufacturer, Coventry Eagle, has been a larger influence on biking than you may have thought. Rachel Clegg investigates...

7 mins

Behind The Scenes Heroes The CRMC Scrutineers

With a variety of machinery to check, can we learn from the CRMC scrutineers?

4 mins

Aermacchi Harley-Davidson

These Italian/American bikes have a lot to offer, and they don’t cost a fortune

10+ mins

The Old Black and Gold

It’s an icon, sure. But it’s also a great bike.

6 mins

Funky five hundred

A 40-year-old high-tech twin enjoys a new wave lease of life.

4 mins

Slim, Sexy, Sporty

Long, low and lean: an enduring influence on Guzzi’s subsequent sportsters

5 mins

Classic & Custom

MINDFUL THAT MARCH in Scotland can mean ice, blizzards, floods or brilliant sunshine, the Scottish Motorcycle Show is now mainly contained in three large, heated halls.

10+ mins

Triples On Track

THE BEEZUMPH RALLY is one of the best track-based classic bike events in Europe.

2 mins

Tribute Twin

What’s this? Did BSA build a previously undiscovered prototype cammy A10?

5 mins

The Other 400/4

Alejandro De Tomaso’s attempt to take on Japan created an interesting alternative to Honda’s CB400F

4 mins

Enduring Eurosport

Just like the Duracell bunny, Honda’s CXs go on and on and on

4 mins

Paul D'Orleans

Mexicanwheels Trophy Trails for Triumph

3 mins

The Modern Bike

The modern bike An alternative for those urgent go-to moments?

4 mins

Desert Stormer

It’s not a Nomad by name, but this Norton tourer has clocked up a quarter-million miles anyway

4 mins

Utterly In Zane?

As a bargain-buy, high-performance classic, Laverda’s 750 superbike makes a strange kind of sense

5 mins

Verdant Velo

Sporting sophistication for clubmen and commuters

5 mins

Pretty, Basic

Yamaha’s dressy XVS650 Dragstar hides a neat machine beneath the frills

6 mins

Dressing Up

Summer’s approaching. Time to sort out new waterproofs…

4 mins

Familiar four

In the past, this was the future…

5 mins

Sure-Footed Shooting Star

Smooth and steady all-rounder

5 mins

Timid Tiger?

The Bonnie gets the glory; its single-carb sibling less so. Is this unfair?  

5 mins

Next Generation

BMW’s great leap forward came with the /5 series, like this range-topping R75/5

5 mins

Mark Williams- Affordable Patriotism

Old age and a shrinking wallet are obliging Williams to figure out if he can back.

4 mins

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