Category: Features

Earlier this year, the VMCC raffled a classic British twin-cylinder two-stroke 250, and we featured the machine back in RC143. Eagle-eyed Enfield aficionado Mark Mumford spotted a few deviations from standard spec… The VMCC’s raffle bike, nicely presented though it is, is really an owner’s version of the Turbo Twin rather than a factory example. The TT, with its Villiers…

Bob Bagshaw recalls a riding life with classic motorcycles, starting with his war years and first British bikes… As I reach my four score years and ten I thought my experiences with motor vehicles and the gentle art of motorcycling might interest some of the younger readers — say those aged around 60 or so… My earliest recollection was in…

Bob Bagshaw recalls a riding life of some 70 years in the saddle, with old Brit bikes and even a modern Japanese motorcycle or two… After a few years away from bikes, the family moved to the Isle of Man and with the close presence of the Southern 100, the TT and MGP my addiction was refreshed. The Japanese invasion…

Bob Bagshaw recalls what it was like to ride a motorcycle back in the immediate post-war period. First of all, you had to get kitted out correctly… Demob came and with the bike in mind I chose a trench coat as part of my demob outfit. It was time to kit out. There were no leathers as yet, Barbours were…