Fast forward from the pictures and memories of running a motorcycle breakers back in the early ’90s and these pictures are from the year 2000. The Millenium Bug might not have delivered the promised mayhem, but Romford Breakers did. By now the emphasis was much more on breaking, with the excitement of twice-daily Partsearch and […]
Trading Challenge: From £5 to a motorcycle
Challenging ourselves to trade our way up through parts and motorcycles isn’t an entirely original idea, but we’re doing it slightly differently to the big magazines and websites. Adding on blagged goodies and getting someone else to do the work just isn’t our style. One of the main reasons for attempting to go from £5 […]
The Manx Superior. A real beach cafe racer
We’ve debated the merits of the current cafe racer fashion in the past. And while there’s good and bad to the trend for ’70s and 80’s bikes being reworked with clip-ons and exhaust bandage, it’s nice to see a rare beast like the Manx Superior. I stumbled into it on the Welsh coast. So technically […]
The MZ125 – becoming a Cold War classic?
I blame David Hasslehoff for the demise of MZ. Until he jumped on the Berlin Wall and destroyed it with the power of his songs, the quirky Germans produced millions of cheap and cheerful bikes for those behind the Iron Curtain. Building up to motorcycles for the masses, the MZ firm had a lot of […]
The Suzuki RGV500
After seeing some of the ‘scoop’ pictures online of the 2015 Suzuki MotoGP bike, I couldn’t help but want to check out their back catalogue again. Like hearing a new song by an old favourite, you always end up going back to the songs that originally stuck in your mind. Like the Suzuki RGV500. I’ve […]
Ducati Monster mashed…
Think Ducati and there’s a high chance you’ll conjure up an image of a blood red sports bike. Or possibly high running costs, iffy electrics and rubber bands cranking the quirky desmo valve gear. But what about a cheap and cheerful bike which is not only bordering on classic status, but had made up two-thirds […]
Suzuki GSX1100 Special
Unlike a lot of motorcycles from the 1980s, it seems Suzuki GSX1100s generally avoid being restored to ball-achingly original specifications. This is a good thing, especially if you’ve never ridden a stock Suzuki GSX1100ET before. The original bike is blessed with weedy forks, a cart wheel sizes front hoops, and brakes that were never […]