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December issue – out now!

30th November 2016 RowenaH Latest Issue

This month’s magazine features vintage motorcycles, classic bikes and other interesting oddities: singles, twins and triples; two-strokes and four-strokes, built in Britain, Japan and even elsewhere. Read all about ’em… BSA A7 In seven decades, this unusual 500 twin has been ridden, crashed, relegated to a cellar, rebuilt, restored and revitalised. The later A7 is very much a smaller…

Cafe racer kits for Hinckley triples

27th November 2016 RowenaH Features

How to transform an old Hinckley triple into a rapid café racer, no spannering skills required. Don’t do it yourself – let an expert take the strain… After years of restoring classics and building specials, Ian at Café Racer Kits found a simple way to share his experience and expertise. CRK started offering modular kits for CX500s and Superdreams, then…

Hesketh V1000 and Vampire – Part 1

24th May 2016 RowenaH Features

It ain’t quite a British Bulldog, but the Hesketh motorcycle still demands respect. Despite near-fatal flaws and fiscal foolishness, it simply refused to lay down and die… ‘This bike is a giant. It’s going to become a classic’ – Superbike magazine, June 1980 They were so right – but not immediately. When the Hesketh V1000 first hit the road in…

Far Horizons by Andrew Earnshaw

24th May 2016 RowenaH Reviews

f you’re going to ride around the world in instalments, then America would seem like a fairly safe place to start. Rowena Hoseason reads all about it… Most motorcycle adventure books revolve around an extraordinary premise. The rider may be extraordinary in some way – a celebrity, or perhaps a person overcoming a substantial impediment who wouldn’t normally be considered…

Caister Castle Motor Museum

24th May 2016 RowenaH Events

Roy Workman discovered an interesting collection of old automobiles in the East, and then got told off for taking photographs… This museum is situated in the grounds surrounding Caister Castle, which is fairly close to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. The castle was built in 1432 and it is one of the earliest brick buildings in England. Most of the castle…

Angelsey’s Transport Museum

24th May 2016 RowenaH Events

If you have a few hours to while away in North Wales, Roy Workman recommends this friendly museum… I found out about this collection whilst visiting a local tourist information centre. I noticed that motorcycles were included in the display, so I felt that it might be worth a visit Tacla Taid, the Anglesey Motor Museum, is situated just four…