In this issue

TRIUMPH’S RETURN!
Stuart Barker on how Triumph came back like a phoenix from the ashes of Meriden.

TRIUMPH DAYTONA 1200
We look at the mighty 147bhp four-cylinder Trumpet!

TRIUMPHANT RETURN!

On the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first Hinckley Triumphs, we look at how John Bloor single-handedly revived the British motorcycle industry.

9 mins

Banana Republic

As a head-scratching bike from the time, the years have been kind to Triumph’s thought-provoking Daytona 1200.

10+ mins

TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1050

Short, stubby and yet stylish, the first 1050 Speed Triple is now ripe for classic status!

2 mins

Super Six Mk.2!

Only Allen would have spares left over and say “Let’s build another six-cylinder Zed!”

5 mins

Balls to this!

In olden days, like bicycles, motorcycle headstock bearings used a system known as cone and cup bearings with hardened steel ball bearings running in between races known as cups for the outer and cones for the inner.

3 mins

Project Yamaha TX750 part 7: Electric Avenue!

Our Mark sorts out any electrical gremlins with the TX and finds that the system was fairly advanced for the time.

5 mins

Project Yamaha YZF-R1 5VY part 5: Where fuels rush in…

Final preparations for PB’s Spanish track test go awry with a mystery rich-running problem…

8 mins

Project Honda CBR600F-V Track Bike Part 1: Track Day Hound!

This bike was gifted to CMM but nowt’s happened for two years – until now!

5 mins

Project Suzuki TR750 part 6: Exhausting times!

The crowning glory of any ‘special’ two-stroke has to be the expansion chambers, right?

6 mins

Kawasaki Z550F part 6: Tanks for the memories!

Time for John to sort out that 550F’s tank issues, we think…

4 mins

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