The latest news from the oily end of motorcycling.... Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum Launches Its First-Ever 2027 Calendar The Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum is delighted to announce the release of... Continue Reading →
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The Puch Charging Pump: a Dead End… or a Stroke of Genius?
The history of motorcycle development is littered with brilliant ideas. Some became industry standards. Others disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared. One such machine is the remarkable Puch Charging... Continue Reading →
The Film Shed: Born from Brooklands – a 1915 Norton Model 9 TT
The Girder Club Film Shed is a collection of our favourite videos that features old bikes, created by film makers from around the globe. If you have a video that... Continue Reading →
A Sunday Run on the Sunbeam: The First Long Man Run
An inaugural motorcycle event, and hopefully one of more to come. This is a run-down on the first Long Man Run in Sussex - hosted by the Sunbeam Motorcycle Club... Continue Reading →
A 1927 Norton 16H: a George Cohen Flying Machine
Old motorcycles are admired for plenty of reasons – some for their originality, some for their history; but a fortunate few manage to combine both with the ability to put... Continue Reading →
The Film Shed: FN 4 Cylinder Motorcycles 1904-1925
The Girder Club Film Shed is a collection of our favourite videos that features old bikes, created by film makers from around the globe. If you have a video that... Continue Reading →
When an Old Motorcycle Needs More Than a Spanner: Inside JSWL
A delve into the Jim Stokes Workshop - a surgery for classic motors. There can come a point with an old motorcycle when a box of spanners and a bit... Continue Reading →
The Zenith Blackburne: Recreating a Brooklands Racer
Zenith and Brooklands held hands through some of the most exciting years of motorcycle racing. This article takes a look at a Zenith that has been built to recreate an... Continue Reading →
Graham Walker and the Rudge from Ulster
There are plenty of old motorcycles in the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu that have a decent story behind them. This Rudge has a particularly good one. Words + Photos:... Continue Reading →
Oude Klepper #35: a Parade of Old Wheels
Every year the streets of De Haan come alive with the clatter, aroma and spectacle of old motorcycles as the Oude Klepper Parade brings a remarkable collection of old machines... Continue Reading →
The Gasperi Survivor: a 1932 Monet-Goyon MG17B
It is often the more unusual machines that leave the biggest impression, and this is one such motorcycle that breaks the mould. It is a 1932 Monet-Goyon MG17B, and is... Continue Reading →
Saved from Under the Bed: the Lost Drawings of Barr & Stroud
When we featured the 1925 Grindlay-Peerless ST1 back in 2024, we looked at one of the most technically fascinating motorcycles of the 1920s – powered by the unusual 998cc sleeve-valve... Continue Reading →
Where Is Anna Meets the Hesbaye Historic Festival
There are few better ways to spend a summer weekend than surrounded by a hundred or so pre-war motorcycles, Belgian country lanes, old castles and the unmistakable sound of old... Continue Reading →
The Film Shed: The Bracket Factory and the Ner-a-Car
The Girder Club Film Shed is a collection of our favourite videos that features old bikes, created by film makers from around the globe. If you have a video that... Continue Reading →
Freak Hills: Climbing the Unclimbable
You may have heard of hill climbing, but what was "freak hill climbing" we hear you ask? In this article, John Jackson explores a rather novel sport that emerged in... Continue Reading →
The Return of AH 2192: A 1912 Rex-JAP
This is the story a 1912 Rex-JAP AH 2192. From its documented early life in rural Norfolk to an extraordinary nut-and-bolt rebuild and its first proper outing at Still Kicking,... Continue Reading →
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