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 […]

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 […]

Big banger twin: Suzuki T500/GT500

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 62 – first published in 2016. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook/OBA archives. Before the four stroke invasion took over, Suzuki’s big two stroke twin enjoyed an enviable reputation as a […]