New & Features

Steve Elston and his totally original, award-winning AJS The selection of motorcycles eligible for the 'Best in Show' award caused the judges some head-scratching, but it was finally bestowed on Steve Elston's 1919 AJS, a 750 sidevalve V-twin '6hp' model. He bought the bike completely by accident, as he went to see the vendor about…

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Ferret’s New Hudson Model 90 supporting the International West Kent Run The bike, he said, was a 'bar find', rather than a 'barn find'. The explanation was that  the bike's owner had kept it in the bar of the pub he ran in Whitley Bay. For some years, the bike was, emphatically, not for sale.…

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Stunning motorcycles aside, the new Ariel spring frame will prove a show stopper. Offered optionally across the range, except the Model OH and OG 250s, this simple but efficient spring frame will be supplied to customer demand for an additional £10 on the price of the rigid models. The Ariel design team, led by Frank…

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If anyone interested could drop us a line (at [email protected]), that’d be great. There’ll be lunch provided and perhaps a contribution towards fuel costs, too. There are sections of the event being held across Grantham town centre and the railway station, with the motorcycles expected to be displayed on the green outside the main council…

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Stu Noble and Andy Hunt, of SCR Classic Motorcycles, initially just worked on their own bikes, then extended to friends’ machines and across the race paddocks to competitors’ mounts. But now they are offering their services to classic bike enthusiasts alongside their successful design and fabrication business, Steelcraft. Beyond the usual workshop facilities, SCR has…

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Kevin Hunt takes to one of Dave Benge’s 500 JAP sprint specials The day's events followed the usual format of a mix of quarter-mile sprint sessions between periods of circuits around the runway for solos, then sidecars. A lunchtime interlude saw a brief demonstration of vintage grass track and speedway bikes on the ground adjoining…

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• Donington happening The Lansdowne circus is one of many attractions at Donington’s classic racing festival over August 9-11. Colin Seeley is also organising a lot of special machines to be on display too. • Scott news Roger Moss issues a free Scott biased newsletter on request, to encourage folks to learn more about these…

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September TCM on sale now! • Editor's intro • News      • Festival of 1000 Bikes       • Newark Bike Bonanza      • Subscribe and save            • Letters   • Peter Isaac interview        • Classic advert      • Men who mattered (Dick Knight) • For various budgets (Post vintage)              • Jerry Thurston…

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The car, known affectionately as a 'Bentley Blower', was originally designed, owned and raced by Sir Henry Birkin, who enjoyed a superstar status comparable to that of some modern-day Formula 1 drivers. Made primarily of steel, aluminium and wood, it was one of the first supercharged Bentleys. In the early 1930s, Birkin and the single…

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Martin Smith, understandably, looks pleased with his single cylinder Norvin In front of the main clubhouse gates, the Ace Cafe had a display of cafe racers, a fine mix of classic 1960s examples of polished alloy, clip-on’d and rear-setted quasi-racers, together with later creations that showed the genre is still very much alive and well.…

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