Tony Carter
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Launch report: Yamaha SCR950
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Yamaha’s SCR950 is hampered by its marketing. Described as being: “Inspired by the street scramblers of the 1960s,” many journalists’ default position will be to thrust it straight into a pigeon-hole already swollen with the likes of Ducati’s Scrambler, Triumph’s Street Scrambler and BMW’s R-nine-T Scrambler. I’d consider the XSR700 to have more potential to…
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MV Agusta avoids bankruptcy in Italian court
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MV Agusta has avoided bankruptcy after an Italian court ruled that the firm’s cost-cutting plans did go far enough to save the marque. An application submitted to the court in Varese explaining that the factory was cutting costs and the amount of models in the range was upheld by Judge Miro Santangelo. Santangelo has now…
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Are you ready to parade your motorcycle on the original Mallory Park Circuit?
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The annual Mallory Bike Bonanza, now entering its fourth year, will be held across July 8 and 9. The event will once again host parade sessions throughout the weekend on the Leicestershire circuit’s original track configuration. The meeting, organised by the circuit’s management team Real Motorsport Limited, promises an array of interesting motorcycles and sidecar…
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Oldest Vespa in the world is up for auction! And it’s going to cost you a packet to own this unique 98cc scooter
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The world’s oldest Vespa is up for auction – and the ancient 98cc put-put has a reserve price of £282,000! The scooter, with serial number 1003, is complete, a runner and comes from Piaggio’s ‘0 Series’. It’s believed to be Number 3 from the original 60 prototypes made by Piaggio in 1946. That means…
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Oooh, yes… this is the Ducati 851 Superleggera
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It’s only a computer-generated image, so don’t get too excited, but we love this and figured that you’d probably love it, too. This picture is from the guys at WorldSBK.com and is their take on what a factory-fresh Ducati Superleggera would look like with the sublimely beautiful bodywork bodywork of Raymond Roche’s 1990 World…
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Spy Shots! Here’s KTM’s 790 Duke in FINAL bodywork and styling! The 2018 bike caught out in final phase of testing.
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These exclusive pictures of the new 2018 KTM 790 Duke undergoing final tests in Spain give you the clearest indication yet of what the bike will look like when it is officially unveiled later this year. The bike, caught by our spy snapper outside a KTM factory, was ridden in what we believe are…
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Freddie Frith’s 1948 Velocette World Championship winning GP race bike headlining Bonham’s auction at the April Stafford Show
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The ex-Freddie Frith, World Championship winning 1948 Velocette 348cc KTT MkVIII Works Special Racing motorcycle will highlight the Spring Stafford Sale at the Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show. That’s the world’s first 350cc GP championship winning bike up for sale. If you fancy going to the brilliant (and huge) Stafford Showground for the show then…
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Video: an engine firing up in 4k slow motion. Gorgeous!
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This is amazing. It’s a Briggs and Stratton engine firing through its cycle – it’s well worth a few minutes of your time. It’s filmed in 4k slow motion and you’ll love watching this. Not much to say on top of this. Yeah, it’s not a motorcycle but it’s mesmerizing to watch. We love this…
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BMW Italia: We’re going to develop one of these designs into a production bike!
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Check out these designs for the BMW G310R – mostly they’re a bit ‘OK’ but one in particular has really jumped out and, according to a BMW guy from Italy, one of these funky designs WILL eventually go on sale. Our favourite of the group is this one, the old-style Adventure GS that’s a bit…
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Do you want to be on television?
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Have you got an old bike laying around? A broken motorcycle cluttering up your shed? Fancy being part of a popular mainstream TV show? Here’s how to do it. The production company working on the Channel 4 show “Find It, Fix It, Flog It”, presented by Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien is on the lookout…
