Let’s go scrambling, sort of….
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2020. Words and photos: Jim Scaysbrook It’s easy to dismiss the CL72 (and its bigger-engined brother the CL77), as “just a CB72 with […]
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Royal Enfield Fury – Getting a swelled head
Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: OBA It was touted as Royal Enfield’s “Gold Star”, and the “Fury” was certainly a step in the right direction from the reliable but rather tepid performance offered by the […]
1973 Triumph 650 Tiger: A Meriden minnow
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook It was 1973 and the British motorcycle industry was writhing through a series of very […]
Magni-Guzzi Arturo 1000: The All-Italian Magni
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 81 – first published in 2019. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook, OBA archives. In issue 67 we brought you the feature story on the Magni MB2 […]
The Kettenkrad: Half motorcycle, half tractor.
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 […]
BSA A75V Rocket 3 5-speed: Going grey
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 […]
Moto Guzzi 350cc – Greatest ever single?
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 […]
The AJS V-twin record breaker: A Tassie terror!
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. […]
Honda CB350 – Middleweight champ
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 […]
MV 98 – The birth of the breed
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 […]
