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Retro Bikes

Triumph’s new Bonneville T40: Half the cylinders, all the style?

New Triumph Bonneville T40... can a Bonneville really be a single cylinder bike?

Triumph has done something rather clever. It’s taken one of the most famous names in motorcycling, removed a cylinder, reduced the engine to 400cc and created a Bonneville that could…

European Classics

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…

Retro Bikes

Triumph launches 2025 range of Modern Classics

Triumph Motorcycles has announced a new collection of seven Modern Classic Icon Editions for 2025, featuring a Triumph logo dating back to 1907. The new bikes will be in showrooms…

Retro Bikes

First Look: 2025 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 and 1200 RS

Looking for a modern bike with retro looks and plenty of style and performance? Well, at first glance, Triumph has nailed it with the 2025 Speed Twin 1200 and its…

British Classics

Triumph’s very first ‘unit’ construction twin: the 1957 350cc ‘Twenty-One’

A seismic change in British motorcycle design happened in 1957: the introduction of ‘unit’ construction combining the engine, primary drive and gearbox in one case. The first Triumph twin to…

British Classics

Bike Of The Week: Triumph TR5, The original ‘Trophy’

Over the years, Triumph has bandied around the name ‘Trophy’ willy-nilly. Sometimes it’s attached to a trail bike but more often to a tourer – as recently as 2017 –…

Retro Bikes

Triumph Scrambler 1200: modern day TR5 (sort of)

In case you haven’t noticed, Triumph is really going for it at the moment. Not only are brand new road models coming out – including this latest Triumph Scrambler –…

News

Tony East’s Isle of Man classic motorcycle collection for sale

Lifelong motorcycle enthusiast Tony East amassed a world class collection of classic motorcycles over the years which became a Collection open to the public at Kirk Michael on the Isle…

British Classics

Historic Triumph Ricardo that changed engine design

A truly historic Triumph motorcycle is up for sale at the H&H classic motorcycle auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on Wednesday, 12 July. It’s a 1923 Triumph Ricardo –…

British Classics

Brough SS100 outfit at Charterhouse Auction

Among the 85 motorcycles listed so far in the Charterhouse Classic & Vintage Motorcycle Auction at the Haynes Motor Museum on 30 March is an extraordinary 1936 Brough Superior SS100…