A record crowd of 4000 congregated at Isipingo, near Durban, South Africa, on Sunday, November 21, 1965, to watch British scramblers Derek Rickman and Jerry Scott completely dominate the local opposition when they competed in the second meeting of their South African tour...
Never a maker famous for 350s, Triumphs, unlike some – think AJS and Velocette – never really put much effort into the class...
The Ariel KH perhaps lacked the glamour of some of the other 500cc twins available in the 1950s, but it had a lot going for it. It’s possible to get too hung up on the colours of classic bikes, you know. Roy Poynting tells the tale...
This A65L, the last of the line as far as BSA twins were concerned, makes a good case for being the firm’s best ever model...
The motorcycling fraternity has lost one of its oldest and most accomplished racing competitors with the passing of James Kelly Swanston, who would have been 105 years of age on March 26, 2013...
By the early 60s, Norton was beginning to make engines which were capable of exploiting the performance of its world-renowned frames, and the 650cc Dominator was one such bike...
Despite a few minor niggles, and the motorcycle trade's reference to bike as the 'hand grenade', because it went a short distance then exploded, the BSA Starfire was a capable 250. But just a shame that it was 10 years too late...
Triumph’s SD was based upon the despatch rider’s favourite, the Model H, but used Triumph’s own three-speed gearbox rather than the H’s Sturmey Archer and had chain replacing the belt final drive...
The Norton Dominator 99SS is a rarity anyway, so an original and unrestored one is quite possibly unique, if there's such a thing. Roy Poynting explains...
After the end of the Second World War, all the major manufacturers were rushing to get a parallel twin to the market, and Ariel was no different...
Current Issue: Issue 40-07 - July 2013
• For various budgets (vintage machines)
• Archive photograph
• Which model? (OHV Brough Superiors)
• Sunbeam S7 super profile
• Norton Manx at Daytona – history and test
• Reader’s restoration – BSA A65 Spitfire
• Straight from the plate – Donington Park, 1933
• ISDT Royal Enfield and sidecar
• Greeves Ranger
• John Tickle profile
• Restoration Guide – Matchless G9/AJS Model 20
Issue 40-07 - July 2013
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