Triumph T100A – Part 7

After 14 months of hard labour, Dave has turned a miscellany of motorcycle spares into a real live classic bike. But now he has to make it legal… The bike ran and rode well, so my attention now turned to the MoT. I rang my local motorcycle tester to arrange an appointment. But unfortunately they couldn’t fit me in until…

'Vincent Motorcycles since 1955, the continuing story' by David Wright

Jacqueline Bickerstaff, acknowledged expert on HRD-Vincent and an author on the subject herself, finds plenty to fascinate in this new hardback… Another book about Vincents? Surely there are enough already, and everything has been covered, is a thought that easily comes to mind. It was even a worry when I was persuaded to produce my own contribution to the marque…

Ariel VB600: Slogger!

The Ariel VB is a plodding old sidevalve single, with plenty of torque but with no power and no brakes. Right? ‘Borrow mine…’ suggested Tony Page. Frank Westworth took up his offer… Everyone knows all about bikes. This is a Great Truth. Somehow and mysteriously, we all know everything there is to know about bikes, even bikes we’ve never owned,…

Triumph T140 Clutch Rebuild – Part 2

Replacing a Triumph Bonneville clutch shouldn’t be too ghastly an enterprise. Yet, as NVNL discovered, there are always some questions to which the answers are not immediately apparent… ‘Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; ……… The best lack all convictions, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.’ William Butler Yeats With all the replacement parts ordered, on a…