Kawasaki’s huge six-cylinder shaft-drive Z1300 was the zenith of Japanese motorcycle excess in the 70s. John Nutting covered several thousand miles on two early versions, but still looks back fondly on what is now regarded as a beast of a bike...
Launched on the back of the development of the RC30, Honda's V-twin-powered Bros is a competent allrounder...
Suzuki, like Kawasaki, adopted the two stroke triple engine in the seventies, but it offered a more rounded product than its performance rivals...
Never a visual treat, but Yamaha's FZ750 won friends with its 145mph top speed and amazing power spread...
Don't knock them. Honda’s C50 step-thru was on every street corner not long ago. Economical, reliable and cheap – they still have a lot to offer
Yamaha's response to restrictive learner legislation was to launch the FS1-E, a high performing 50cc, which every 16-year-old aspired to...
Following the success of the GSX series and Katanas, Suzuki upped the ante with the first GSXRs. A thinly disguised street legal race bike, the GSXR750 was an instant success...
Reader Andy Jones had been after a Suzuki GT750 for ages to restore. Then, like buses, two came along at once...
Yamaha's RD250 two stroke twin was the first production bike to use reed valves to help deliver some midrange without killing performance elsewhere. But they were viewed with suspicion...
Kawasaki's blisteringly fast two stroke 750 triple lit the tarmac when launched in 1972. It was the ultimate white knuckle ride...
Current Issue: Issue 40-06 - June 2013
• Joan Westbrook interview
• Jerry Thurston column
• Archive photograph
• Which model? (Norton 500cc twins)
• BSA M20 super profile
• Moto Guzzi Bicilindrica – history and test
• Reader’s restoration – Triumph Tiger 100
• Straight from the plate – 1963 Thruxton 500 miler
• Ted Mellors’ reflections
• Bantam engine build
• Restoration guide - Triumph 3T
Issue 40-06 - June 2013
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