Yamaha FZ750 1985 was Year One for modern motorcycling. OK, so Kawasaki’s GPz900R had sort of got things started the year before, but we’d had water cooling since the Scott Flying Squirrel. And 16 valves
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Cool racers seen at Stafford
Yamaha YZR500 Two bikes were very special indeed: one was a lovely race Honda RC45 which is apparently an ex-David Jefferies and Richard ‘Milky’ Quayle machine. So it’s probably the old Medd sponsored machine perhaps
Read moreIconic Japanese bike collection up for sale
A single-owner collection of 17 Japanese bikes is offered at Harrogate sale “Stripped and rebuilt to factory standard, with original parts carefully sourced from all over the world, the collection is a great example of
Read moreRoad Test: Triumph Trident T160
Triumph Trident T160 As with most engines from BSA and Triumph, the triples were evolutionary rather than revolutionary, largely because of conservative management. Development started in 1963 as a Doug Hele design that was in
Read moreRoad Test: Triumph Trident T160
Triumph Trident T160 As with most engines from BSA and Triumph, the triples were evolutionary rather than revolutionary, largely because of conservative management. Development started in 1963 as a Doug Hele design that was in
Read moreItalian favourites part two
Ducati 350 Desmo single Ducati 350 Desmo Ducati is rightly famed for its big vee-twins but they owe their success to the smaller range of 'bevel-drive' overhead-camshaft singles ranging in capacity from 125cc to 450cc.
Read moreItalian Vincent
James Tennant-Eyles is used to fussy customers. It is one of the occupational hazards of a professional restorer of motor cycles, and if you can't live with it then you get out and find a
Read moreTop bikes of the Seventies: 3
MV Agusta 750 30 MV Agusta 750S/Monza, 1974 Legendary Italian factory MV Agusta may have garnered more than three dozen world road racing titles over three decades but its big road bikes offered none of
Read moreF1 star joins crowd for a bumper Stafford
Steve Plater interviews Frankie Chili at last weekend’s Stafford show The Red Bull Racing and soon to be Ferrari driver, well known for this love of classic motorcycles, made an unannounced stop at the Carole
Read moreON NOW! Stafford Motorcycle Show
Frankie Chili is our VIP guest! If you want all that’s best in the world of modern classic motorcycling then you cannot afford to miss the 21st Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show. Held over
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