The Classic Motorcycle on sale now

This month's contents includes:
• News   
• Gold Star day   
• Banbury Run   
• Festival of 1000 Bikes   
• Letters   
• (Wo)Men who mattered: Beryl Swain  
The motorcycling world was shaken by a ‘blonde bombshell’ in the early 1960s, though soon ‘the establishment’ had her banned.
• Brian Bonny interview  
• Classic advert   
• For various budgets: tele-rigids
By the end of the 1940s, the telescopic front fork was well established, but rear suspension was slower to follow.
• Jerry Thurston column   
• Archive photograph   
'Sliding in the sunshine' was the headline of Motor Cycle’s May 5, 1966, and was in reference to the conditions generated by a combination of ferocious sidecar action coupled with a scorching hot day; while the sidecar men’s rubber melted onto the surface, the solo runners were faced with an increasingly slippery surface. And there were lots of sidecar races that day.
• Roy Poynting Column   
• Triumph Trophy TR5   
The rigid framed Triumph Trophy is low, light and peppy. What’s not to fall for?
• Which model? Post-war Douglas twins  
After the Second World war, Douglas pinned much of its hopes on its flat twin, horizontally opposed 350cc model, which while it was a fine motorcycle and had its staunch advocates, was rather too unorthodox and quixotic to save the company.
• Royal Enfield Bullet   
• Reader’s restoration (Karslake Dreadnought)   
• Restoration Guide – Velocette MOV and MAC   
• Seen from the saddle   
• Crocker – company history and road test   
• Straight from the plate – 1928 Southern Trial   
• BSA Bantam D1   
To many, the Bantam is familiar and often overlooked – though it still makes an excellent, enjoyable, value for money classic, as explained.
• Closer Look – 1951 TT profiles   
• You were asking   
• Parts interchangeability – front forks   
• Technical feature – gearboxes   
• Next month   
• Diary   
• Classic camera: French GP, June 1923
Five laps from the finish, Jim Whalley stops to refuel his flat-twin Douglas – he had a commanding lead, having inherited it on lap 14, after Gillard was forced to retire when his Peugeot parallel twin expired….

The Classic Motorcycle – where legends come to life

? Search for back issues and past features
? Subscribe to The Classic Motorcycle