New Year has arrived and we stand staring at our half-finished ‘Monkey-Bike’ as the snow descends outside; we feel like expectant fathers in the delivery room…one final push needed before the garage doors open wide. Into the world will ‘pop’…
Grant Ford doesn’t get to enjoy ‘real vintage’ machines very often, so a chance to spend time with a 1927 Sunbeam was grasped with both hands, now this reporter is ‘not for turning’. John Marston was a perfectionist; his delight…
1970’s Far Eastern Finale Kon’nichiwa and thank you to all that have persevered with this saga of our SL restoration over the past 6 months. I would like to conclude with great news of perfection and a smooth project, completed…
Hall-e-lu-jah!!!! The Holy Grail of side panels has come into my possession located not by the great Indiana Jones but in fact via E bay, discovered not near Jerusalem or even inside one of the great pyramids but much further…
Saying ‘konnichiwa’ to Honda’s NS400R was not the ‘Banzai’ charge that other two stroke race replica’s offered in the mid-80s; it was no shrinking violet either. You didn’t have to be completely mad to get the most from your eighties…
The dim light at the end of a long tunnel brightens by the day and whilst I have enjoyed a large whinge over gathering parts for our little Honda, working on this bike is straightforward and surprisingly fun. So where…
When this SL125 left the showroom for the first time the rider would have certainly looked familiar in flared jeans, feet protected by yellow laced DM’s whilst the Can-Am peak-less open face helmet squashes wayward locks flat. It was the…
Feline agility, jet fighter volume whilst thrilling the eye faster than a bikini clad super model; the Ducati 900SSD like the tiger (Darmah) it was named after it remains a rare and sought after breed. The late seventies onslaught from…
It was whilst visiting a local classic car enthusiast and admiring his lovely 1960’s Pagoda Mercedes that I stumbled upon the old Honda; nestled at the back of an old wooden barn where it had laid untouched for decades. ‘Tell…
Lovers of two wheeled classics will be heading up the A3 and just south of Guildford and admire the fantastic variety and quality of the selection on show at the 2WheelsMiklos open day on Sunday 12 October.
