Adorning the front cover of virtually all the motorcycle press in 1977 was a unfamiliar picture. Six header pipes all in a row backed by…
Deep in the British countryside lies a very small rural town which is famous for growing hops, apples and pears. It also had an influence…
The year was 1969 and the Japanese were coming. The USA was opening up to become the largest motorbike market in the world and container…
It’s a name you’ve probably never heard of, but the Van Veen was a Dutch rotary-engined masterpiece which was the James Dean of its day.…
Pardon me for going on about electric once more, but here’s one we should really give another shout. The Energica Ego is a fab electric…
(First Published 2014) Many people like myself couldn’t help but wonder whether to take the electric bike scene seriously. But since the advent of the TTXGP…
(First published March 2015) Lord Hesketh’s memory lives on as 30 years later a new star is born. Even though this 2-litre beast has no direct engineering lineage…
Imagine buying one of the biggest and most powerful car engines available and slotting it together as a special bike. After many years working on other specials, Allen…
Benelli as a bike manufacturer had been around in Italy for donkeys years. Producing classically designed European style singles and twins with push rod engines…