Salon Prive Showcases Morgan Super 3
The all-new Morgan Super 3 will make its UK show debut at Salon Privé London, from 21-23 April 2022 at Royal Hospital Chelsea, as the...
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Bruce Cox
- Mar 3
- 8 min
TWENTY YEARS A WINNER! THE MOTO GUZZI BICILINDRICA
THE MOTO GUZZI WIDE ANGLE VEE-TWIN The first Moto Guzzi Bicilindrica with its ultra-wide angle (129 degrees) vee-twin engine made its...
Bruce Cox
- Feb 23
- 4 min
Olga Kevelos: British Motorcycling's Leading Lady
Sold at an auction in the UK a few years ago was a small but interesting lot comprised of an ACU-approved ‘pudding basin’ helmet and a...
Bruce Cox
- Dec 23, 2021
- 8 min
PAUL SMART: MOTORCYCLE RACING'S "MR NICE GUY"
In 1971, Paul Smart led the British team to victory in the first Transatlantic Trophy Series When talking about competitive activities,...
Bruce Cox
- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND - YVON DU HAMEL 1939-2021
Yvon Duhamel, truly one of motorcycle racing's legends, even in his own lifetime, passed away on August 17th at the age of 81. The tough...
Bruce Cox
- Aug 17, 2021
- 5 min
THE TOMAHAWK AND THE VIPER BIKES
Totally inappropriate riding gear for wielding the Dodge Tomahawk! So we are assuming that this Dodge publicity shot is both posed and...
Bruce Cox
- Jun 23, 2021
- 24 min
MOTO GUZZI - THE FIRST 100 YEARS!
Words by Alan Cathcart Edited by Bruce Cox Location Photography by Kyoichi Nakamura Studio Photography by Phil Aynsley www.phil@photo.com...
Bruce Cox
- Jun 23, 2021
- 14 min
ASCOT FLAT-TRACK MAGIC
Print of David Aldana by Tom Fritz. Available from www.fritzart.com. Titled "Chew on this!" ASCOT HALF MILE MAGIC – AND A “LOTTA TORQUE...
Bruce Cox
- Jun 3, 2021
- 11 min
A DAY WITH A DUCATI WORLD CHAMPION
By Guest Writer, John Nutting Famous designer of so many iconic Ducati road and racing machines, *Dr.Ing.Fabio Taglioni regarded the TT2...
Bruce Cox
- May 29, 2021
- 5 min
THE MICHIGAN MADMAN
E.J. Potter (1941 - 2012) One of the bikes that visitors to the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed gazed at in awestruck near-disbelief was...
Bruce Cox
- May 1, 2021
- 11 min
EDDIE DOW - THEY CALLED HIM 'MR. GOLD STAR'
In our last feature we described the BSA Gold Star as the greatest all round motorcycle of all time. Such a bike deserved a rider who...
Bruce Cox
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
THE BSA GOLD STAR - GREATEST ALL-ROUNDER EVER
Without any doubt in our opinion, the best all round motorcycle ever was the BSA Gold Star of the mid to late 1950s. As a pure roadster...
Bruce Cox
- Apr 24, 2021
- 7 min
FIFTY YEARS AGO - WHAT WAS HOT
These are the road bikes that were hot fifty years ago when motorcycles in the 650 to 750cc class were as fast and as powerful as it was...
Bruce Cox
- Apr 23, 2021
- 10 min
BMW's 24/7 ISLE OF MAN MARATHON - NOT SO EASY RIDING!
In 1973, 16 riders from the road racing, trials, police and press worlds were invited to spend a week in the Isle of Man riding two BMWs...
Bruce Cox
- Apr 12, 2021
- 7 min
THE TRANSATLANTIC TROPHY SERIES - HOW IT HAPPENED
Fifty years on it is great to see on Facebook just how many people have good memories about the Transatlantic Trophy series (writes Bruce...
Bruce Cox
- Apr 3, 2021
- 10 min
GEOFF DUKE - MOTORCYCLING'S FIRST SUPERSTAR
You can tell a book by looking at its cover in this case! A great book by a great rider If you measure 'superstardom' by its appeal to...
Bruce Cox
- Apr 3, 2021
- 9 min
GEOFF DUKE ON FOUR WHEELS
A dozen years before John Surtees made his indelible mark on our sport by becoming the only man to win World Championships on both two...
Bruce Cox
- Apr 3, 2021
- 9 min
CLASSIC SCOOTERS SHOWCASE
Body painting, flower power, free love (for the lucky ones!) 'ban the bomb' protest marches, amphetamine-aided rock music all-nighters...
Bruce Cox
- Mar 23, 2021
- 10 min
BSA TRIUMPH TRIPLES - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Feature by Alan Cathcart Photographs by Kel Edge In October 1969, the Triumph factory’s Head of Development, Doug Hele, was entrusted...
Bruce Cox
- Mar 23, 2021
- 10 min
DUCATI’S APOLLO MISSION – IT FAILED TO LIFT OFF
Feature by Alan Cathcart Photographs by Kel Edge Few motorcycles ever built have enjoyed as mythical and fabled a reputation as Ducati’s...