Up Close With The Cafe Racing 2021 Triumph Thruxton and Thruxton R Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links...
1980 Honda CB250RS Engine Engine Type Liquid-cooled single-cylinder four-strokeAir cooled, four stroke, single cylinder, SOHC, 4 valve Displacement 249cc Bore...
1959-66 Hawk 250 (CB72) Engine Engine Type 247cc 4-stroke OHC parallel twin with two carburetors DRIVETRAIN Transmission 4-speed CHASSIS / SUSPENSION / BRAKES N/A DIMENSION N/A OTHER Color Blue with Silver Scarlet Red with Silver Black with Silver The fuel tank, fork covers, headlight shell, and frame were painted the...
1977 Triumph Bonneville Silver Jubilee US-Market Version ABOVE & BELOW: The US-spec version of the 1977 Triumph Bonneville Silver Jubilee...
1966 Triumph TR6 1966 TRIUMPH TR6 BY THE NUMBERS For the 1966 model year, the model lineup were TR6, TR6R,...
1943 BSA M20 Basics The 1943 BSA M20 was part of BSA’s massive wartime contribution to Britain’s war effort. Designed to be simple, rugged and reliable, the M20 was a side-valve (flathead) 500cc air-cooled single. It had a rigid frame and BSA’s pre-war girder front end. Everything on the bike...
2022 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS: The Original Streetfighter in Its Latest Avatar Is a Beast Contents Model Overview Specifications...
1955 MATCHLESS G45 BACKGROUND Matchless introduced the G45 500 twin in 1951 as a race bike. It debuted at the...
2020 Yamaha V-Star 250 Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links When it comes to sport heritage motorcycles, the 2020 Yamaha V-Star 250 comes to mind as the perfect blend of old school sport cruiser aesthetics with modern riding style and comfort. The heart of the V-Star 250 is...
The Ducati Gold Standard Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links Monsters are often found lurking in the shadows...
2020 Thruxton 1200 RS Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2020 Thruxton 1200 RS is a brand...
The BSA M20 was just part of BSA’s massive wartime contribution to Britain’s war effort. But it was a very big part. 1937 was its first year of production that would last until the late 1950s. Designed to be simple, rugged and reliable, the M20 was a side-valve (flathead) 500cc...
1956 Matchless G9 500 Twin 1956 MATCHLESS G9 BACKGROUND Matchless Motorcycles cut their teeth on the depressed British home market,...
1980 CB400T’80 HAWK OVERVIEW Honda fielded two 400 Hawks: in 1978 and 1979 (possibly earlier) a basic Hawk (called Hawk I...
MODEL LINE-UP The 1967 Triumph Bonneville T120 650 continued to be developed and refined in incremental steps, sometimes one forward and two back. Model designations carried over from late-1966, that is, the TT Special now had it’s own stand-alone model designation, the T120TT. This went along with the traditional T120R...
Honda’s Neo-Sports Cafe 2021 CB300R ABS is Back Again! Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2021 Honda...
1935 VINCENT COMET RUNNING GEAR The Vincent Comet had frame similar in layout to the V-twin Vincent Black Shadow which...
ABOVE: The 1981 T140ES Executive was a factory touring bike, with sport fairing & saddle bags (panniers). MORE SPECIAL MODELS The 1981 Triumph Bonneville attempted to address dwindling sales with what had become “Limited Edition”-madness. Not that it was a bad thing, they turned out some pretty nice bikes. But,...
1967 BSA A65 1967 BSA A65 LIGHTNING 1967 BSA A65 LIGHTNING The 650 Lightning was BSA’s top-line bike, and meant...
2022 MV Agusta Brutale RR: Imposing Character in Every Line Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links For the...
1992 Honda CB450DX Engine Engine Type Air cooled, parallel twin cylinder, four stroke, SOHC, 3 valves per cylinder Displacement 447cc (27 cu. in.) Bore and Stroke 75 X 50.6 mm Compression Ratio 9.1:1 Fuel Delivery Two 30mm Keihin CV Ignition CDI Starter Electric Max Power 43.3 hp @ 8500 rpm...
1959 Velocette Venom 1959 VELOCETTE VENOM BACKGROUND The Venom was Velocette’s hottest bike from its inception in 1955. In 1961...
1961 BSA Gold Star 1961 BSA GOLD STAR GETTING LONG IN THE TOOTH The Gold Star originally evolved out of...
1962 Norton Dominator 88 1962 Norton Dominator 88 Engine A WORK IN PROGRESS In our efforts to complete our online index, and make this the world’s greatest website about classic British motorcycles, we’re building pages as fast as we can. The first thing we add are the pictures. Then come...
1971 BSA A70 Lightning 1971 BSA A70 LIGHTNING IS BORN BSA wanted to enlarge their 650 twin to a 750...
1973 BSA B50MX 1973 BSA B50MX BACKGROUND BSA produced one of the world’s most successful 500cc singles in the Gold...
1961 Matchless G12 650 Twin 1961 MATCHLESS G12 BACKGROUND Just prior to World War II, Triumph rocked the world with their seminal 500 Speed Twin, but the world had to wait for the war to end before the rest of the industry would have a chance to catch up. At...
1926 BROUGH SUPERIOR SS80 WAS AN EARLY BIKE Brough Superior was established by George Brough in Nottingham, England in 1924....
1952 VINCENT BLACK SHADOW BACKGROUND Brilliantly designed by doubling up the 499cc Vincent Comet single-cylinder engine into a 50-degree V-twin,...
2021 MV Agusta Dragster 800 RR SCS: The Streetfighter (SCS) Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The MV Agusta Brutale line of motorcycles are considered naked motorcycles, but the Dragster takes a different approach with more of a streetfighter form factor and styling. The motorcycle is highly exotic...
The 2022 Ducati Scrambler Urban Motard: Nuts On Tank, Elbows Up, And Leg Out Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos...
The 2021 Kawasaki Z900RS (and Cafe): Old School, New Cool Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links Kawasaki has...
1971 500 Four (CB500K0) Engine Engine Ty Air cooled, transverse four cylinder, four stroke, SOHC, 2 valve per cylinder. Bore and Stroke 56.0 x 50.6 mm Ignition Breaker points and condenser Displacement 498cc (30.4 cid) Compression Ratio 9.0:1 Fuel Delivery Four 22mm Keihin Carburetors Max. Power Output 48 hp 35...
1947 Ariel Red Hunter 1947 ARIEL RED HUNTER BACKGROUND The 1930s were indeed the Golden Age for the British motorcycle...
MATCHLESS G9 BACKGROUND Like everyone else in the British motorcycle industry at the time, when Triumph rocked the world with...
2021 MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR: Italy’s Finest Naked Superbike Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The Brutale 1000 is the highest step possible on the proverbial ‘Brutale Ladder’. Its younger brothers emulate its extremely elegant yet brutish nature with the inclusion of a smaller inline-three engine. MV...
The 2020 Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The latest Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled...
2016 TRIUMPH THRUXTON BACKGROUND By 2016, the Triumph Bonneville had grown from 800cc to 1200cc. And starting in 2016, the...
1950 Triumph T100 1950 TRIUMPH T100 TIGER LEADS THE PACK At the end of World War II, civilian production of motorcycles ramped up quickly to tap into the tremendous pent up demand for transportation. 1946 was Triumph’s first postwar model year. The 5T Speed Twin, its best seller prior to,...
1962 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE -MODEL DESIGNATIONS The 1962 Triumph Bonneville again came in two basic model designations: T120R was the Road...