New & Features

Phillip Rashleigh has been sourcing parts for his scrambler special. Now he knows what he’s got, he just has to figure out how to fit it to the B31 chassis… Once I’d found the right pieces and got my project bike together in large lumps, it was time to tear it all down and start…

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After taking a test ride on a new Bullet Andy C just had to own one. So did the reality live up to the dream? I really wanted a 5-speed electric start Clubmans but, as I said in the previous episode, no such animal exists (at least not directly from Watsonian). I was offered such…

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Wherein small bits and lumps come together to form a recognisable larger lump… all without major problems. Puzzling. Jim Algar wonders if he should start to worry?… The bike has been sitting untended in my garage for a depressingly long period of time. There was, of course, the wait while Norvil tended to my crankshaft…

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Johnny Brittain won more than 50 trials competitions between 1948 and 1965. In this new DVD he tells his own story. Anarchy (partial to a spot of Enfields off-road riding himself) reviews the film… Johnny Brittain had a long-standing association with Royal Enfield in the 1950s. He competed in the ISDT for 15 consecutive years…

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Steve Hodgson fitted his Falcone with electric starting a while ago. All went well until the MoT moment when the electric leg struck back, and the Guzzi single went into perpetual motion!… October is the time that my Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone is due for its MoT so off we went down to the local…

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When we tested a 350 Guzzi against a 350 Triumph in the magazine, there wasn’t quite space for all the photos and a bit of extra info. So this is what you were missing… V35 Timeline First launched 1977 with the V50 350cc suited Italy’s new licensing and tax category Unusually, not built at Mandello,…

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Part of the pleasure in going to a classic bike event is getting your machine ready to ride. Always up for a challenge, Humbernut doubled his trouble and opted to get two vintage motorcycles ready for Founder’s Day… It was my intention to have both Humbers available for the 2005 VMCC Founder’s Day so that…

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Ken Sprayson’s expertise in the design, fabrication and repair of motorcycle frames is the stuff of legend. This autobiography captures an era of the British motorcycle industry when personal skill, enthusiasm and hard work were highly valued… At last. Ken Sprayson has been around the British motorcycle industry for so long that everyone knew he…

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Nearly 25 years ago, Gerry Atric started a restoration project. Finished it yet, Gerry? Gerry? Hello….?… Back in the early Sixties my pride and joy was a 1958 Royal Enfield Meteor Minor 500cc twin. Girls came second (mind you, only just!). One icy January morning in 1962, just outside the Kraft factory in Waltham Cross,…

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The Morini Riders’ Club were desperate to get their hands on one of the new bikes as soon as they landed in the country. David Marlow and Chris Webber rode the first Corsaro to reach the UK… It was mid-winter when the first new Morini Corsaro touched down at the importer, Three Cross Motorcycles. Even…

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