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Can you help find this wedding BSA Shooting Star?

7th May 2020 Sam Hewitt Features Leave a comment

Classic Bike Guide reader John King is trying to track down his old BSA for a romantic reunification. Could you help him? John writes: “I’m hoping for readers’ help. In 1960, I bought a BSA A7 Shooting Star and later that year my fiancé and I were married, on July 23, 1960, in Chester. Following the wedding reception, we set off…

Single-minded musings

1st May 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

Over the years, many of Stu Thomson’s motorcycles have been powered by single cylinder motors. He’s owned and ridden trad British bikes like Velocette’s Venom, sporty Italian classics from Moto Guzzi and Aermacchi, and modern classics from Enfield and the Far East. So what can Stu conclude after trying so many different types of single-cylinder motorcycle? Before the multi-cylinder machines…

Laverda SF750, Part Two

26th April 2020 RowenaH Buying Guide Leave a comment

Last time, Dave Minton introduced us to Laverda’s 750 parallel twin. In the mid-1970s it got faster, lighter and more reliable… When initially launched the SF was popular enough that Laverda were unable to meet demand, so little was changed for the model’s second year. There was an option of a race-styled seat with a lockable box in its back-stop,…

Service Stars: spares suppliers and specialists serving classic bike customers

24th April 2020 RowenaH News Leave a comment

In these troublesome times, you can’t down tools and pop off to an autojumble next weekend to track down those rare spares for your pet project. But there are plenty of expert and enthusiast classic motorcycle specialists still trading – so you can still put your spare time to good use with the spanners in the shed… Most of the…

Hinckley Triumphs: out of the archive

18th April 2020 RowenaH Buying Guide Leave a comment

Hinckley Triumphs went into production nearly 30 years ago, and the first generation were definitely built to last. A 1990s Triumph is still a lot of motorcycle for not too much money, as our buying guide reveals… The Hinckley Triumph T300 series engine. 115PS at 9500rpm John Bloor’s Hinckley Triumph factory started producing bikes in 1991, and this article covers…

Laverda SF750: out of the archive

11th April 2020 RowenaH Features One comment

Back in the 1970s Dave Minton first greeted the idea of a high-speed, high-mileage 750cc parallel twin with suspicion, but he was fast won over. He explains how and why… An early incarnation of Laverda’s 750 twin As a working motorcycle journalist, by 1971 I had become accustomed to abandoning test BSAs, Triumphs and Nortons by the roadside. The build…