Bike Of The Week: Virtually Unused 1981 Yamaha XT500
Bike Of The Week: BSA Y13, The V-Twin Birmingham Never Forgot
Ten Great Classic Motorcycles for under £5000
Banbury Run 2026: Best places to watch
Matchless G80CS: The Desert Sledgehammer
Bike Of The Week: 1965 ‘works’ MV Agusta 500 tops Bonhams Stafford auction
Bike Of The Week: Virtually Unused 1981 Yamaha XT500
A remarkably preserved 1981 Yamaha XT500, showing a scarcely believable 47 kilometres from new, is on the virtual auction block at Bonhams’ Online Summer Sale until 15 June with an…
Bike Of The Week: BSA Y13, The V-Twin Birmingham Never Forgot
If you spot a V-twin wearing a BSA badge it’s almost certainly going to be a BSA Y13. Go and have a closer look – it’s a rare piece of history and a highly collectable…
Ten Great Classic Motorcycles for under £5000
The days of stumbling across a Vincent for the price of a family hatchback are long gone. Prices for the most desirable classics have risen steadily over the last decade, pushing many iconic…
Banbury Run 2026: Best places to watch
Where can spectators watch this year’s Banbury Run, the premier road riding event run by the UK’s Vintage Motor Cycle Club? Top of the list for many people will be the well known…
Matchless G80CS: The Desert Sledgehammer
There are motorcycles that impress on paper, and then there are motorcycles that earn their reputation the hard way. Blood, dust, sweat and the sort of mechanical honesty that borders on…
Bike Of The Week: 1965 ‘works’ MV Agusta 500 tops Bonhams Stafford auction
If you’re a fan of motorcycling history, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. A 1965 MV Agusta 500cc Grand Prix racing bike – formerly ridden by the legends Mike Hailwood and Giacomo…
Bike Of The Week: 1937 BSA Empire Star, a pivotal classic but I missed it!
Kick, kick, kick… no, not a reluctant starter but me for not paying attention to this beautiful 1937 BSA Empire Star which came up for auction during H&H’s sale at the National…
Over the ton and still going: early Rudge and BSA
There’s something very appealing about motorcycles more than 100 years old. The century or ‘ton’ is a milestone in cricket speed, cricket and probably several other…
Vintage Motor Cycle Club celebrates 80th anniversary in 2026
The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of Great Britain (VMCC) will mark its 80th anniversary in 2026, celebrating eight decades of preserving, riding and understanding historic motorcycles. Founded in…
Entries open for The Banbury Run 2026
The UK Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s premier road event returns to Gaydon Entries are now open for the 76th Banbury Run, which takes place at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire on…
World’s biggest classic motorcycles auction: Mecum Las Vegas 2026
The world’s biggest auction of classic motorcycles is the Mecum Annual Vintage & Antique Motorcycle Auction. In 2026, more than 2,000 motorcycle of all types will cross the auction…
Classic motorcycle racing pioneer Rob Iannucci RIP
Robert ‘Rob’ Iannucci, one of the world’s most passionate and influential men when it came to racing classic motorcycles from the ‘golden age’ of racing – early-1950s to mid-1970s in his view…
