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Gilera Nuovo Saturno 350, Part 3

6th January 2022 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, Workshop

Stu Thomson’s rebuild of this unusual single-cylinder Italian sportbike continues. This time he addresses some electrical issues and moves on to the wheels, suspension and preparation for paint… Electrical items on the Saturno are fairly standard for the period, 3-phse alternator, 180W, regulator-rectifier and CDI electronic ignition triggered from the alternator rotor. There’s also a separate rev-limiter box which has…

Gilera Nuovo Saturno 350, Part 2

25th November 2021 RowenaH Features, Reviews, Workshop

Stu Thomson is refurbishing an unusual single-cylinder Italian sportbike. Last time he sorted out the frame and swinging arm. This time he dives into the engine room… The engine / gearbox is described as a water-cooled, short-stroke, 4-valve, 5-speed, dohc unit with belt drive to the cams, with spring tensioning. The back side of the belt also drives the water…

2022 Classic Calendars

19th November 2021 RowenaH Features, News

Tis the season to be jolly – jolly quick about grabbing an appropriate diary for next year so you can organise your riding life. Fortunately, there’s a range of old bike-oriented almanacs available, so you can choose a year-planner to suit your specific tastes in classic clunkers… Every year, proceeds from Andy Tiernan’s classic calendar go to the East Anglian…

Gilera Nuovo Saturno 350, Part 1

30th October 2021 RowenaH Features, Reviews, Workshop

Stu Thomson has a knack for finding unusual Italian lightweights, and this time he’s secured a dohc water-cooled single-cylinder sportbike. It’s one of the supermono café racers which were so popular back in the late 1980s / early 1990s. While a few 500s were imported into the UK, the smaller 350s were shipped straight to Japan, and now they’re reaching…

WINNERS! WINNERS!

28th October 2021 RowenaH Features, News, Reviews

Back in the distant days of summer, we ran an exclusive, subscriber-only competition to win three copies of Frank Melling’s recent publication, Scrambling For Enthusiastic Beginners: How I Survived The 1960s With A Smile. Mr Melling’s early motorcycling life… This 224-page softback is a personal memoir from Frank’s early days when he first took to two wheels and found his…

Triumph Tiger Cubs: part three

10th September 2021 RowenaH Features, Reviews, Road Tests

In the end, everything goes back to the beginning: Paul Henshaw’s Cub career comes full circle… 1979 or so finds BXS 487 with a black petrol tank in between the Trials Cub and the Sports Cub behind Back to BXS 487, my first Cub. Many years had passed when I decided to strip the engine to see what the knocking…