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2024 Royal Enfield Shotgun 650: The Royal chop

August 6, 2024

Ride impressions: Jim Scaysbrook  • Photos: Tom Fossati and Matty Hayman There’s no doubt that the timeless classic styling and innovative décor of the now long established Royal Enfield 650s have contributed immensely to the […]

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2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: The Bullet ricochets 

February 13, 2024

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: UMI Just like Triumph and Bonneville, or Ducati and Monster, Royal Enfield and Bullet just go together. Or at least they did until 2020, when the company’s most venerable model name, […]

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Royal Enfield Fury – Getting a swelled head

January 26, 2024

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 […]

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Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650: A welcome addition

September 6, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 109 – first published in 2023. Ride impressions: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Clyde Ikin I’ll admit that feet-forward bikes have never been high on my personal must-ride list, […]

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1959 Indian Chief… trailblazer!

May 5, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook When the last of the traditional V-twin Indian Chiefs staggered out of the Springfield factory in 1953, […]

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Bert Flood: “Everything’s a fluke that happens to me”.

February 4, 2022

Story: Transcribed and edited from an interview with Peter Drakeford in 2007. Photos: Rob Lewis, Bob Cann, Flood archives, OBA archives.  These days, monocularity (the state of having vision in only one eye) virtually debars anyone […]

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Indian Velocette Thruxton: One man’s vision

November 26, 2021

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan and Jim Scaysbrook Magazine owner, prolific motorcycle and automotive book publisher, entrepreneur, ex-racer, ex-motorcycle dealer; Floyd Clymer was never afraid of a challenge. He even wrote a book instructing […]

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1964 Royal Enfield Continental GT: “Britain’s fastest 250”

July 16, 2021

Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook The Thruxton 500, or Nine Hour Race, was an annual bash for Production motorcycles, or rather, what constituted Production motorcycles under the loose rules of the ‘fifties and early […]

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Mt. Druitt 24 Hr Races 1954 & 1955: Twice around the clock – twice!

April 1, 2021

The world’s first and second motorcycle 24 hour races produced heroic performances, amazing endurance, and tragedy. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan, Graeme Osborne, Todd Hamilton, OBA archives. Rugged and devoid of facilities it may […]

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2021 Review: Royal Enfield Interceptor 650

March 10, 2021

Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 – classic, retro-styling in a modern motorcycle. Royal Enfield could scarcely have predicted just what a goal it would kick with the new 650 twins when they finally rolled off the […]

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