The Norton Owners’ Club Austria – Sulzbach Branch – is organising this year’s Norton Owners’
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1939 Matchless G2M
Trevor’s bike Finishing off someone else’s project is never an easy task, but knowing the
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Beatrice Shilling
Three remarkable women were awarded Gold Stars for lapping the Brooklands circuit at over 100mph
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1939 Matchless G2M
Trevor’s bike Finishing off someone else’s project is never an easy task, but knowing the late owner and his family wanted the machine to stay local means there’s extra pressure to do a decent job.
Read moreAustrian expedition
The Norton Owners’ Club Austria – Sulzbach Branch – is organising this year’s Norton Owners’ Club International Rally at the campsite next to the Red Bull Racing Circuit, Spielberg, Styria, Austria from August 15 to
Read moreMorini 3½ Sport
Gilding the lily The Morini 3½ Sport is a fabulous machine in standard form, so more performance and better brakes just adds to a superb motorcycle. Words and photographs: James Adam Bolton What can be
Read moreNMM summer raffle
Following on from the above draw results the National Motorcycle Museum is pleased to announce the details of its next raffle. Museum director James Hewing said: “For our summer 2018 raffle the museum’s own restoration
Read moreAJS 500
One for the road This modest-looking late AJS 500 twin from 1959 ticks almost all the boxes for a really satisfying ride. Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN This is one of the most difficult
Read moreEditor’s welcome
We hope you enjoy our Norton supplement included with this issue. It’s been good fun putting it together, while it – of course – made me once again start pondering Norton twin ownership. I did
Read moreBrough sold for benefit
The top lot of Bonhams’ April Stafford sale was this 1931 Brough Superior 981cc SS100, which sold for an impressive £264,700, well above its pre-sale estimate of £170,000-220,000. The machine sold to a bidder in
Read moreNMM ride a bike
Riders in the stormDespite rain and the threat of snow, the NMM’s training day went ahead as planned. Words: Rachael Clegg Photographs: Dean Atkins ALMOST four years ago National Motorcycle Museum director James Hewing said:
Read moreFilling in the history
I enjoyed the feature on the Johnny Brittain Bullet (May 2018), particularly as I found and restored it. I was variously on the staff of The Motor Cycle or MCN during the 1950s and early
Read moreRange of products on offer at Whengparts
Whengparts offer a range of weather vanes, key racks, helmet holders and signs, laser cut from steel or aluminium. This BSA Bantam key rack (right) is particularly eye-catching. Custom parts can be cut too; any
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