Besieged and battered they may have been, but Triumph’s boffins could see that the middleweights were the way of the future. With the Bandit and its badge-brother the BSA Fury, they were on the right track, but… In the early 1970s, the world […]
The Vincent Black Lightning is perhaps the most revered motorcycle in the world. Just a handful exist, and this one still carries the grime from countless battles under its mudguards. 5,000 miles on the clock, […]
Such was the impact of the Z1 Kawasaki on its release in 1972, it could have been generally accepted that this was as far as conventional motorcycle wisdom would go. But no; within twelve months, […]
We’ve met Mark Walker before. In Issue 12 we got acquainted with his humungous creation, Big Ned. Now, here’s one he prepared earlier… What was originally known as the MW Special came into being because […]
With Velocette in its death throes, a small batch of bespoke 500s escaped before it was too late… Hall Green, Birmingham in 1969 was not a happy place to be. The spectre of the ill-fated […]
Conceived and developed in total secrecy and funded out of petty cash, the bike that eventually ended up as the X-75 Triumph Hurricane has become one of the most influential designs in motorcycling history. BSA […]
If there is one enduring image that defines the XRTT, it is of the unassuming Californian Cal Rayborn serving it up to the Brits in the Trans Atlantic Match Race series in 1972. Not only […]
Designed in Australia and built in Japan. This is how the press cuttings of 1960 described the Liberty Yamaha Ranch model which was derived from the 1959 Yamaha YDS1 250cc sports motorcycle. Designed and manufactured […]
From a wobbly start, the Chesterfield Superbike Series had rounded off the 1973 season in a big way, and Chesterfield took little convincing to continue their involvement. The original ‘5000’ tag disappeared for the simple […]
These days, the term Superbike has slipped into the language as a definitive term just like Biro or Hoover. It proliferated in Europe and particularly America in the mid 1970s, but make no mistake, Superbike […]
