79mm x 100mm may well be the most famous bore and stroke in motorcycling history. Countless Norton singles, beginning with the 1911 490cc side valve, belt-driven Model 16, shared the configuration which lasted until the […]
40 years after its launch, Derek Pickard retraces the career of Honda’s most unusual motorcycle – th eHonda CX500 – and explains why such an innovative design was ditched after a brief but successful career. […]
Former top road racer Phil O’Brien has bent a lot of tubes for customers, so he thought he’d bend a few for himself. The result is a very special Velocette. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dick […]
Besides the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers that exist today, there were plenty of smaller producers who left the scene, particularly in the late 1950s. They went out of business, merged with other companies, were taken over, […]
What was possibly Australia’s most spectacular scrambles circuit now lies beneath the waters of Sugarloaf Reservoir. Story: Jim Scaysbrook with assistance from Wes Brown and Paul Keam • Photos: Merv Whitelaw The shop run by John […]
Spectacular and successful throughout his long and varied career, Ray Curtis never had top machinery, but that didn’t stop him always putting on a show for the paying public. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dick […]
Since the year dot, manufacturers have exploited success in competition, loudly proclaiming their latest victory in the endless race for sales. Yet one company took a reverse approach, crying foul to the extent that until […]
For a brief time in the ‘sixties, a nippy 175 twin gave plenty of 250s a hurry up. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook There’s an old saying; it’s not the size of the dog in […]
A Latin alternative to the Triumph Bonneville? It sounded like a good idea at the time… Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook It’s fair to say that upon its release in 1969, the Benelli 650 (it […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook The basic design spanned nearly 30 years of production, and the Ariel Square Four has legions of fans more than half a century after the last one was made. The […]
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