Nik Samson
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Love at first sight: Yamaha XS650
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It was love at first sight for Leona – the only problem was her mum had just bought it for herself!
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GS750 for Wally
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This bike was built in tribute to Wally Walton, a deeply missed fixture of the East Anglian biker scene, for his daughter-in-law.
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Windjammer | GSX-R 750 chopper
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I first saw this bike a year or two ago in a Facebook post, and then in pics from various vintage chopper events, and just loved the concept of a chopper, a proper springer/hardtail chopper, with a fairing. I’ll let Tommy, the owner and builder, tell you about it…
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Husband and Wife’s Sportsters
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I don’t know if you’ve been to any of these new(ish) vintage chopper events as they’re called – The Trip Out, The Hook-Up, South-West Chopper Fest, etc.? If you haven’t, well, you’ve missed out, I think, and if you have there’s a good chance you’ll’ve seen the two people who own these bikes ‘cos… well,…
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Tracking down a XS650, 35 years after we gave it away!
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This XS650 may look familiar to long-term readers of the magazine because we gave it away back in 1988. We find out how the years have treated it…
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Review: Roadskin Easyrider Hoodie
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I’m a month in with this new Easyrider hoodie from Roadskin, the well-known British armoured clothing company, and it’s turning out to be a real go-to for any day when it’s not absolutely pi… err, tipping it down. A lot of Kevlar hoodies’re heavy, protective, yes, but heavy, but this one’s made from a single…
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Royal Enfield Scram 411 | Real world road test
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According to the press blurb, Royal Enfield’s Scram 411 is a stripped-back roadgoing version of the A2-licence compliant Himalayan adventure bike (that’s trailie to you and me) with a smaller front wheel (to give sharper steering), and a slightly less upright riding position.
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Rare Breed, revisited!
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Far back in the mists of ancient time (well, 1991 anyway), in issue 167 of this very magazine, Rich King, erstwhile photographer/scribe of this parish, went to see a guy named Nigel from Lincolnshire about his really rather stunning long, low, blue DOHC 750 Honda chop called Rare Breed.
