Yamaha YL-1 and AS-3: Pocket rockets
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Tony Morisset and Jim Scaysbrook Like its Japanese competitors, Yamaha had a fairly nippy little 100cc single […]
Month: May 2023
Emu Engineering Empire Twin E120S
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photography: Sue Scaysbrook Just when you think you’ve completed the story of the range of v-twins built entirely […]
Honda C71Z: Rarer than rare.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: CMSNL and Compass Island. For most of us, Honda’s racing history begins with their 1959 incursion at […]
1959 Indian Chief… trailblazer!
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook When the last of the traditional V-twin Indian Chiefs staggered out of the Springfield factory in 1953, […]