1968 Honda CL450: Born of necessity
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 88 – first published in 2020. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Street Scramblers were all the rage in the swinging ‘sixties, although few saw any kind of off-road […]
Honda CB450
Honda CB450: Underrated sophistication
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 77 – first published in 2018. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook 1965 was a big year for Honda. The company lured the world’s top rider, Mike Hailwood, away […]
Ducati parallel twins – Parallel thinking
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Ducati did some strange things in the 1960s, struggling, as it was, to remain in existence. In fairness, many, if not most of the shots were called by its American distributor, […]
Terry Dennehy and the Drixton Honda – The first of many
Story: Alan Cathcart • Photos: Kyoichi Nakamura, Ross Hannan, Dick Darby, Chris Sim, OBA Archives It’s highly unlikely that any other Classic era road racer has been replicated as frequently around the world as the twin-cylinder […]
