The Classic MotorCycle

Started in 1903, The Classic MotorCycle has more to offer the true vintage motorcycle enthusiast than any other publication, backed by Europe's largest motorcycle image archive.

Welcome

Classic Motorcycle

Moveo and shaker • Preparing for the 1910 TT, fascinating pioneer motorcyclist Bert Houlding, with his JAP-powered racer.

Coventry Eagle tops the H&H bill

Son of Sam’s story told to section

NEWS IN BRIEF

One for the ladies from the Miller Museum

Flat out BSA fun

THE WAY WE WERE IN JUNE

Book Review

Spicer’s March sale success

Graham’s new exhibition

Three vaunted vees • At the South of England Motorcycle Show, at Ardingly on March 27, there was one engine configuration which dominated proceedings.

RESULTS

Miss Porter and her Sloper • This intrepid lady rider had visited the site of what was ultimately a flawed attempt at setting a world speed record.

Party in the park • The famous Montjuic 24-hour race in Barcelona, came about after a proposal by the man later to be founder of Bultaco, though it was Ducati which enjoyed most success at the event.

Readers’ Letters • YOUR VOICE & YOUR OPINIONS

THIS MONTH’S STAR LETTER WINS

Next (broad) slide, please ... • This festival of speedway at the National Speedway Museum, Broxbourne, celebrates the sideways sliding sport, which debuted in the UK 94 years ago.

DRESSED to thrill • This BSA Rocket Gold Star isn’t perhaps what it appears to be – but then its owner is perfectly happy to acknowledge that.

FINER DETAILS

Fool’s gold?

Lithe Latin lovely • In the mid-1980s, Gilera decided to bring back one of its most famous models, the Saturno, creating a new generation immediate classic.

A fine vintage • There’s nothing better than a Norton Model 18 in terms of flat-tank motorcycling.

Current alternatives • It’s 70 years since the first alternator-powered electrics were revealed on a British civilian motorcycle.

Horseplay • Emanating from a project designed by an amateur given a free hand and a clean sheet of paper, Ariel’s Square Four was the company flag-ship for nearly 30 years.

The numbers game

What’s in a name?

Draganfly

Location, location, location

Firsts and lasts • Anticipating a great motorcycle racing holiday, enthusiasts gathered a century ago for the 11th annual TT races in the Isle of Man. The yearly event was becoming ever-more important for factories and privateers alike, while all present would witness a series of firsts and a final hurrah.

A brief chat with... Mary Smith – world traveller • In the autumn of 1967, a young lady set out on a two-wheeled adventure, expecting to be home by Christmas. She was – but it was Christmas 1976…

The Bantam

A fascinating tale

Moto Guzzi Airone Sport 1949-56

Classic life

Following a thread • With ‘Project Triumph’ actually making a noise, other bits can be looked at and repaired.

More on cam timing

Sketchbook Travels • MOTORCYCLES, SEEN THROUGH THE SKETCHBOOKS OF MARTIN SQUIRES

You were asking • Your queries resolved with Richard Rosenthal

Best stick to two wheels

Unexpected seizure

Diary

Jobbing along • With a multitude of tasks tackled, mainly successes are enjoyed, the only minor downside being there’s also a failure involving a snapped bolt, but the good far outweighs the bad.

Classic life The way we were • Happening upon an issue of this magazine which included my first contribution has led to some ‘compare and contrast.’

Tyseley singles, twins and triples • Alongside fitting Villiers units to some single-cylinder...