Category: Reviews

Ask and ye shall receive! Classic Bike Mart readers want more information about the Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone, and few know more than Paul Friday The bike that made the Guzzi name was a flat single. Long before they turned to industrial twins, Guzzi ruled the race tracks with small, light and quick singles. They used the same basic engine…

When you think of classic Honda motorcycles, the CB750 normally springs to mind. However, for some folk, the CB900 is the one to have… Kevin Martin didn’t want a 750-4. He wanted a CB900 and he was prepared to pay for the very best one he could find. ‘I always wanted one,’ he says, ‘since I was 16.’ He had…

“I thought that restoring something old may be what I needed” said Kim Henry, before starting the rebuild of his Real Classic Kawasaki… About 12 years ago I noticed an ad in the local newspaper to sell a BSA 650 look alike that didn’t cost as much as the real thing. I was talking to a mate, John, about it…

People scoffed at the Harris Matchless when it was launched, and 15 years later some folk are still scoffing. But, wonders Rowena Hoseason, have they ever ridden one? The one-pot wonder was stuttering badly on a semi-shut throttle as we hugged the verge to let a farm wagon go by. So I gave it a hefty handful leaving the village,…

Martin Gelder gets a bit carried away at his first classic track-day. As does his Moto Morini Three-and-a-half. On a trailer. Oh dear… Laughter fills my helmet. Not wry chuckles, not guilty giggles; full-on shoulder-heaving guffaws. I’m lying prone on the bike, my chest and stomach flattened against the tank, elbows, knees and ankles tucked in tight, throttle hand straining…

Are you ready to rock? Rowena Hoseason has discovered a collection of motorcycle songs which will probably be the Next Big Thing, go live on stage in a West End musical and end up being filmed in Hollywood with Tom Cruise taking the lead role. Or not… We’re not averse to a spot of musical amusement here at RCHQ as…