Preparing an old MG for the road trip of a lifetime
Fast 500s with somewhere to put your socks: BSA DBD34 Gold Star and Matchless G80CS
New emissions law targets post-2001 motorcycles – older classics escape
Mike Hailwood’s World Championship Honda: £1 million motorcycle?
Bike Of The Week: Virtually Unused 1981 Yamaha XT500
Bike Of The Week: BSA Y13, The V-Twin Birmingham Never Forgot
Preparing an old MG for the road trip of a lifetime
The plan for 2027 was always to take a month off and drive around Italy. We’ve been many times on city breaks, Bologna being our favourite so far but there’s also an awful lot we haven’t seen…
Fast 500s with somewhere to put your socks: BSA DBD34 Gold Star and Matchless G80CS
The BSA DBD34 Gold Star and Matchless G80CS earned their reputations through competition. But these two examples show that a high-performance British 500 single could also make a surprisingly…
New emissions law targets post-2001 motorcycles – older classics escape
Classic motorcycles built before 2001 appear to be outside proposed new emissions rules, but owners of more recent machines could face tougher restrictions on modifications and maintenance.…
Mike Hailwood’s World Championship Honda: £1 million motorcycle?
This is a very very special motorcycle. This is a 1966 Honda RC173, a 349cc four-cylinder Grand Prix motorcycle built specifically for Mike Hailwood, who then used it to win the 350cc World…
Bike Of The Week: Virtually Unused 1981 Yamaha XT500
A remarkably preserved 1981 Yamaha XT500, showing a scarcely believable 47 kilometres from new, is on the virtual auction block at Bonhams’ Online Summer Sale until 15 June with an…
Bike Of The Week: BSA Y13, The V-Twin Birmingham Never Forgot
If you spot a V-twin wearing a BSA badge it’s almost certainly going to be a BSA Y13. Go and have a closer look – it’s a rare piece of history and a highly collectable…
Ten Great Classic Motorcycles for under £5000
The days of stumbling across a Vincent for the price of a family hatchback are long gone. Prices for the most desirable classics have risen steadily over the last decade, pushing many iconic…
Allen Millyard’s Maddest Machines Under the Hammer – Including Viper V10
Most of us, when faced with a spare engine and a bit of time, might think about a winter rebuild or perhaps a café racer project. Allen Millyard, on the other hand, looks at an 8.0-litre Dodge…
Banbury Run 2026: Best places to watch
Where can spectators watch this year’s Banbury Run, the premier road riding event run by the UK’s Vintage Motor Cycle Club? Top of the list for many people will be the well known…
Matchless G80CS: The Desert Sledgehammer
There are motorcycles that impress on paper, and then there are motorcycles that earn their reputation the hard way. Blood, dust, sweat and the sort of mechanical honesty that borders on…
Bike Of The Week: 1965 ‘works’ MV Agusta 500 tops Bonhams Stafford auction
If you’re a fan of motorcycling history, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. A 1965 MV Agusta 500cc Grand Prix racing bike – formerly ridden by the legends Mike Hailwood and Giacomo…
Bike Of The Week: 1937 BSA Empire Star, a pivotal classic but I missed it!
Kick, kick, kick… no, not a reluctant starter but me for not paying attention to this beautiful 1937 BSA Empire Star which came up for auction during H&H’s sale at the National…
