Features

Members of The Motor Cycle’s editorial team take to the residential streets, for a noise testing experiment. The sound made by motorcycles has long been a source of consternation and debate, one which still rages today, but which, in 1952, The Motor Cycle chose to investigate, using a modern, newly available piece of equipment –…

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Thanks to a software programme update, we are now able to colourise pictures, pretty much with the click of a button. The results are, we think, rather extraordinary. Bringing to mind Peter Jackson’s 2018 They Shall Not Grow Old, when First World War footage was colourised, the added colour brings a different element to the…

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In the December 2022 edition of The Classic MotorCycle, we’ve a feature on 10 notable Triumphs from the National Motorcycle Museum, the story produced in collaboration with Motorcycle Live!, the annual NEC, Birmingham, show, this year held over November 19-27. Our feature details 10 models from Triumph’s 120 year history, ranging from Pioneer days in…

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Ariel enthusiast Dave Owen owns one of a small run of alloy-engined KHA twins built to celebrate the marque’s fine achievements in the ISDT. Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN Dave Owen’s Ariels have featured in TCM already. His VB 600 SV single was tested in March 2019, and on a Dutch Ariel rally, his…

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By 1936, BSA were in a trough. For once, their competition team of Bert Perrigo, Jack Amott, Harold Flook and Marjorie Cottle failed to win a major trial, and sales, although steady, weren’t picking up, as the UK struggled out of the world recession. Time for a different approach. At the Leader’s unveiling, Val Page…

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This BSA Rocket Gold Star isn’t perhaps what it appears to be – but then its owner is perfectly happy to acknowledge that.  Words: ANDY WESTLAKE Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN ‘A Rocket goes into orbit… New clubman’s six-fifty twin from BSA’ was the headline which greeted readers of The Motor Cycle on February 8, 1962, announcing…

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Our book of the week this time around is Taking it to the Limit by the award-winning Peter Starr! With over 40 years experience in and around the motorcycle industry and 35 years as an award winning documentary film maker Peter Starr is very uniquely positioned to champion his favorite sport. His first book is…

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‘Classic’ is in the eye of the beholder and well, it’s time for the new guard to make their mark at Stafford. The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show is back in Stafford this October, and tickets are available here! The brand-new Naughty 90’s hall, in association with Suzuki, will showcase the very best and most interesting…

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