Retro Classic

  • Classic Bike Trackdays – Cadwell Park

    Classic Bike Trackdays – Cadwell Park

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    Classic Bike Trackdays are back at Cadwell Park with their Cadwell Moto weekend on the 16th & 17th of September, and what a weekend it looks like it will be! A two-day spectacular of classic and post-classic machines filling the paddock with non-stop action on track. Always looking to celebrate important motorcycle anniversaries, the Classic…

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  • New Bullet?

    New Bullet?

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    There’s talk that one of Royal Enfield’s best-selling models is about to receive a refresh. The suggestion is the new Bullet will get the same J-Series engine as the recently released Hunter 350 and Meteor 350, although, unlike those models, this bike will be a faithful recreation of one of Royal Enfield’s most famous, and…

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  • XSR900 DB40 Prototype Breaks Cover at Goodwood Festival of Speed

    XSR900 DB40 Prototype Breaks Cover at Goodwood Festival of Speed

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    Yamaha’s Sport Heritage range is a marriage of classic design and modern engineering. It pays homage to the iconic racing machines of Yamaha’s past while still offering cutting-edge performance. It is a nostalgia-filled nod to the brand’s roots without sacrificing current advances. For 2023, Yamaha’s racing heritage continues to be celebrated. Earlier this year, the…

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  • Norton’s Cafe Racer Cool

    Norton’s Cafe Racer Cool

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    Bob Pickett takes a look: With just 200 to be built, the hand-built superbike café racer is the first brand-new motorcycle produced by TVS-owned Norton, following on from the re-engineered V4SV and new-generation Norton Commando 961 launched last year. It is also the second motorcycle to be powered by Norton’s own liquid-cooled 1200cc, 72-degree V4…

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  • BMW’s Latest Funky Roadster

    BMW’s Latest Funky Roadster

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    The Bavarian firm is celebrating 100 years of building bikes with its new R 12 nineT – and it looks great. The first-generation BMW R nineT was revealed on BMW Motorrad’s 90th anniversary back in 2013 – and 10 years later, the factory has created the BMW R 12 nineT. Described by BMW as a…

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  • QUICK SPIN: The BSA Gold Star

    QUICK SPIN: The BSA Gold Star

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    BSA is back. Despite the 50s and 60s glory days (one in four bikes was a BSA) a trading deficit of £3 million was recorded in 1971. BSA closed for good in 1973. Bob Pickett takes a look at the new Gold Star… When the Mahindra Group purchased the company there could be no other…

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  • Norton announces major expansion of UK dealer network

    Norton announces major expansion of UK dealer network

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      Norton Motorcycles has launched its flagship retail location, the Norton Atelier, at the Bike Shed in Old Street, London –          Visitors to the Norton Atelier can view and buy Norton’s motorcycle line-up as well as browse the brand’s newly launched apparel collection –          Five further sales partnerships with established dealerships have also been announced including: Krazy Horse London, P&H Motorcycles,…

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  • Test ride a Norton – from your house

    Test ride a Norton – from your house

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    Norton’s new service aims to make it a doddle to test ride the new Commandos. Here’s how: The resurgent British firm has just announced a cool new service which offers the chance to get a brand-new £16,499 Commando 961 Sport or £16,999 Commando Café Racer straight to your door for a test ride. Since being…

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  • Golden Oldie – BSA Gold Star 650 Test Ride

    Golden Oldie – BSA Gold Star 650 Test Ride

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    After a nearly 40-year hiatus, one of the most important names in British motorcycling kickstarted its revival with a new version of its most celebrated model: the Gold Star. To put it through its paces properly, we took the chance to ride it at the top-secret Millbrook Proving Ground across its extensive cross-section of test…

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  • Start your engine (just because you can)

    Start your engine (just because you can)

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    Built like a gun? Maybe, and from £4279 the new Classic 350 may have hit the target

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