Edgar Jessop: The Maestro Remembered
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 1 – first published in 2006. Our more mature readers will be familiar with the exploits of Edgar Jessop, bon vivant, philanderer and the dashing leader of the […]
Year: 2022
Velocette LE: Silence please!
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 79 – first published in 2019. Story Brian Fowler and Jim Scaysbrook • Photography Colleen Canning and OBA Archives For a company so steeped in high performance singles, the […]
1972 Ducati 750 Sport: The Z Stripe
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 66 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook A rare survivor from the initial production run of one of the world’s iconic sports machines. […]
1962 BSA Big Valve Super Rocket
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 71 – first published in 2018. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook BSA 650 twins came in such a varied array of models that there is today, fifty four […]
Velocette supercharged twin: A second Roarer rises
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan and Jim Scaysbrook Readers were introduced to the remarkable Dan Smith in issue 75 with the […]
Gary Coleman: From racer to Rossi
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 75 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Michael Andrews, Rob Lewis, Coleman collection. In the annals of motorcycle Grand Prix racing, as well as […]
Martini Yamaha XS1100: Martini Cocktail
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 63 – first published in 2016. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook, Paul Butler Underneath it’s all standard XS1100, but the limited edition Martini Yamaha has a much bigger story […]
A much-travelled AJS R10
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 74 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: John Rettig Spectators marvelling at the handsome overhead camshaft AJS at the 2016 Ross Rally could be forgiven for thinking […]
Bimota Vdue: GP racer for the road
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 65 – first published in 2017. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook, Alan Cathcart Draconian emissions laws had all-but killed the road-going two-stroke by the late ‘nineties. But one company […]
The Trounson JAP: Speedway survivor
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 77 – first published in 2018. Story: Ron Trounson with input from Rob Steep. • Photos: Trounson family archives. Such was the revolution, started in the ‘seventies, in speedway sidecar design […]
