From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. Story: Frank Dietz • Photos: Paul Garson, OBA Archives The Kettenkraftrad, or Kettenkrad, (“tracked motorcycle”) was produced by NSU in Neckarsulum in […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2020. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: OBA There was a lot going on at Small Heath in the early ‘seventies, not all of […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 82 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Bryen collection, OBA archives, Jim Scaysbrook, Bob Rosenthal. Five straight World Championships. That’s the enviable record of […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. • Story: Jim Scaysbrook from research by Ken Young, Jeff Frankcombe and others. • Photos: Ken Young, National Motor Cycle Museum, UK. […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 84 – first published in 2019. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Sometimes being ordinary can be a good thing. In the case of Honda’s CB350, a very good […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 87 – first published in 2020. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Russ Murray and OBA archives. What sprang from necessity for sheer survival became one of the world’s most […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 84 – first published in 2020. Story Jim Scaysbrook • Photos Independent Observations. Mention Gilera and most people think of the exotic four cylinder racers that began in […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2020. Story: Bob Rosenthal • Photos: Tineke Kruijmer Back in the early ‘seventies, Yamaha decided it had to come up with a bike […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. Story: Peter Laverty • Photographs: Russ Murray These days, Laverda is indelibly associated with high performance twins and triples, plus of course […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: OBA archives From the beginning in 1921, when the 498cc Normale went into production, Moto Guzzi’s signature […]