As a classic car reporter I rarely get the chance to wax lyrical about the joys of the motorcycle world.
Mopeds
A gathering of over 110 sports mopeds from the 70’s and 80’s descended upon the Billing Aquadome, Northants, for a meeting of the species.
The moped culture of the early 70’s left the biking world with a host of great memories. The greatest tales of all have to be those concerning exactly…
It wasn't all fizzers in the 70's, the Italians had a fair bit to say on the subject too. CP catches up with a cracking Garelli to see…
Introduced in 1968, the Yamaha YAS1 defies all motorcycle logic, even by today’s standards of miniaturisation. As a development of the previous Yamaha roadster twin designs, the vertically…
37 year old Neil Pullen’s affair with this RD50 began two years ago when he bought a Yamaha DT50M as a little bit of fun and also as…
Cast your mind back to 1971 for a minute, as a nine year old I don’t particularly recall the exact events but apparently the government of the day,…
A true icon of the 70’s the fizzie became the must have for any 16 year old of the period, and now the root of many a mid…
Malaguti have been making stylish small capacity machines since the late 50's. Although exported throughout the world since that period, the brand didn’t fully appear in the UK…
In the 70's, Fizzies ruled the roost; there can be no doubt that, the Yamaha outnumbered the rest. Suzuki AP50's and Honda SS50’s proved a great support act…