1983 VF1100C’83 V65 Magna Engine Engine Type 65 cu. in., liquid-cooled, 1098cc, 90° V-4, DOHC Bore and Stroke 79.5 mm...
1973 Triumph Trident 1973 Triumph Trident T150V THE 1973 TRIUMPH TRIDENT IS A TURNING POINT 1973 was a very important...
20029 Honda CB400SS Engine Engine Air cooled, four stroke, single cylinder, OHC, 4 valve, Displacement 397cc Bore x Stroke 85 x 70 mm Compression Ratio 8.8:1 Max Power 29 hp 21.2 KW @ 7000 rpm Max Torque 31 Nm @ 5500 rpm Drivetrain Transmission 5-speed Final Drive Chain CHASSIS /...
Unchanged For 2021: The Monster 821 Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The Monster 821 remains an option...
1965 BSA A65 1965 BSA A65 LIGHTNING The Lightning was the high-performance roadster in the 1965 BSA A65 lineup, with...
1980 CB750C’80 750 Custom It came in one of two colors: Candy Muse Red or Cosmo Black Metallic There was a single front hydraulic disc brake The engine color was silver The front forks were center-axle design The engine was a 749cc DOHC 4-valve air-cooled inline 4 cylinder linked to...
1946 AJS MODEL 18 BACKGROUND Immediately following the end of World War II in 1945, every British motorcycle manufacturer rushed...
2001 VT1100C’01 SHADOW SPIRIT 1100 Engine Engine Type Liquid cooled, 45° V-twin, dual offset pin crank Engine Displacement 1099cc Bore...
Ducati’s Superbly Powerful Hyper Naked Machine: The Streetfighter V4 Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The Streetfighter V4 joins the 2021 Ducati line-up, with a few minor upgrades over last year. Since it’s not long been part of the Ducati stable, this muscular and powerful Italian motorcycle doesn’t...
1961 Triumph Speed Twin 1961 TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN HAS A “BATHTUB” The British home market had been hungry for cheap...
THE 1973 TRIUMPH X75 HURRICANE As an interesting aside to the Triumph Trident / BSA Rocket 3 story is the...
1958 BSA Gold Star 1958 BSA GOLD STAR BACKGROUND By 1958, the Gold Star was well-sorted and had turned into a fine machine. All Goldies were special to begin with, each engine being hand-assembled and dyno-tested at the factory. A copy of the dyno test was included with each new...
1969 Norton Commando Fastback ABOVE: 1969 Norton Commando Fastback MODEL DESIGNATIONS The 1969 Norton Commando came in one additional model...
Ducati’s Entry Level Monster: The Monster 797 Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2020 Ducati Monster 797...
1984 Honda Magna V30 (VF500C’84) It was designated VF500CL’84 in California Colors: Candy Andromeda Red Black The “HONDA” fuel tank logo was straight, not curved in this first year The headlight was chrome and rectangular The horns were round The chrome exhaust system was a 4-into-2 It had a chain...
2020 Kawasaki Z1000R ABS Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2020 Kawasaki Z1000R ABS continues a long...
The 2021 Yamaha MT-09 is a Thrilling Evolution in Engineering Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The Yamaha...
VINCENT RAPIDE BACKGROUND Vincent head engineer Phil Irving was working on some tracings of the firm’s 499cc single cylinder engine in 1936. As things got moved around, two of the tracings lined up roughly in the shape of a V-twin. With a little cajoling, he quickly lined it up enough...
The 2021 Yamaha MT-07: A Popular Middleweight Choice Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2021 Yamaha MT-07,...
MATCHLESS G9 BACKGROUND Like everyone else in the British motorcycle industry at the time, when Triumph rocked the world with...
1942 BSA M20 HELPS WIN WORLD WAR 2 BSA, already a manufacturing powerhouse, built 126,000 M20s that served during the War, making it the most-produced motorcycle of World War II. The BSA M20 was also one of the longest-serving military motorcycles in British motorcycle history. BSA’s Small Heath factory was...
Honda’s Neo-Sports Cafe 2021 CB650R ABS is Back Again! Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2021 Honda...
1967 Norton Atlas 750 1967 NORTON ATLAS HISTORY The story starts not with a Norton at all, but with the...
2020 Kawasaki W800 Street Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2020 Kawasaki W800 Street is an interesting motorcycle, designed to both look and feel like a 1960’s Kawasaki W1. This is achieved with a 773 cc SOHC air cooled vertical twin (much like the W1’s 650cc vertical...
2020 BMW G 310 R Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2020 BMW G 310 R is...
1950 AJS 7R BOY RACER BACKGROUND The 7R was a factory road racer produced by AJS from 1948 through 1963....
1958 BSA A10 Pre-Unit 650 Twin 1958 BSA A10 BACKGROUND BSA’s A10 was the 650 version in it’s twin cylinder heavyweight line. The 500cc version was called the A7. Following Triumph‘s success with its seminal 500 Speed Twin, after the war, BSA and most of the rest of the British...
The New Beast: 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links KTM’s top-of-the-line super...
1964 MATCHLESS G3C BACKGROUND Parent-company AMC got a contract to build 80,000 Matchless G3s and G3/Ls for the British government...
VELOCETTE KSS – WHAT’S IN A NAME? In case you were wondering, the letters “KSS” stand for Kamshaft Super Sport or Camshaft Super Sport. The original owners of Velocette were German, and the German spelling is with a K. The KSS was the final development of the K-series, and it...
1963 BSA A65 NEW MODELS The 1963 BSA A65 was, of course, the second model year of the new unit...
1967 Triumph Daytona 500 1967 TRIUMPH DAYTONA – WHAT’S IN A NAME? Triumph derived the name of this bike from...
1955 Ariel Red Hunter 1955 ARIEL RED HUNTER BACKGROUND The 1930s were indeed the Golden Age for the British motorcycle industry. At the time, nearly all of them relied heavily on one basic engine architecture: the air-cooled, pushrod OHV single, and most marques had built their lineup of 350 and...
1966 Triumph TR6 1966 TRIUMPH TR6 BY THE NUMBERS For the 1966 model year, the model lineup were TR6, TR6R,...
1978 CB400TI Engine Engine Air cooled, parallel twin cylinder, four stroke, SOHC, 360° crankshaft and twin balance-shafts Valving 3 valve...
1966 BSA A65 1966 BSA A65 Spitfire Special 1966 BSA A65 SPITFIRE SPECIAL This was the hot rod version of the A65, just behind the A65 Lightning. Like the Lightning, the Spitfire had twin Amal carbs (Amal Monoblocs would be standard for 1966; Amal Concentrics didn’t arrive until 1967.) A65...
1970 Super Sport 100 (CB100K0) Engine Engine Type 99 cc, air cooled, single cylinder, 4-stroke Bore and Stroke 50.5 mm...
1958 Triumph Tiger Cub 1958 TRIUMPH TIGER CUB BACKGROUND The 200cc T20 Tiger Cub was produced from 1956 through 1968...
1939 Ariel Square Four 1939 ARIEL SQUARE FOUR BACKGROUND The original Square Four was conceived by legendary motorcycle designer, Edward Turner, who later created the game-changing Triumph parallel twin. His original design for the Square Four was an OHC (Overhead Cam) design with a displacement of 500cc when it debuted...
1982 CM450E-82 Colors: Candy Muse Red Candy Imperial Blue The “CM450E” side cover decal was gold The wheel had wire...