CONTENTS

006 NEWS
Some clothing, quite a lot in fact, a
smart battery charger and more

010 SOUTHERN CLASSIC SHOW
The Kempton Park racecourse was
packed with people (and bikes, too)

016 SUBSCRIBE!
Save money, get the magazine early.
Thrills undiluted. Excitement unlimited

018 BIKE SHED
A very different kind of event,
lots to look at, less to buy. Great
bikes and people, again. Tobacco
Dock, no less, uber-smart

026 BSA SPITFIRE
Another award winning Brit twin

030 TRIUMPH 900 TRIDENT
Beefy café racer loses weight shock

034 HERCULES W2000
Revolutionary Engine Takes
World By Storm Shock. Or not

038 MATCHLESS G3
Gentle thumper bows
out gracefully

042 NORTON CEO SPEAKS
As does its design chief. Stuart
Garner and Simon Skinner bare all

050 LETTERS
We ran out of room again! So
there’s a just a single page
of letters. Write more…

052 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
Why factories won’t build
your dream bike

054 MARK WILLIAMS
Is Made In Britain anything more than
a distant and irrelevant memory?

056 PAUL MILES
It is a pleasurable experience,
restoring and then riding
a Japanese classic

058 LAVERDA JOTA
Which is the best, and why?

066 TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN
Almost the very first of a
very long line indeed

076 HONDA NS400R
Two strokes, three cylinders,
single purpose

084 BRITISH CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE
With a truly remarkable selection
of the prices real bikes were
sold for

098 BMW AIRHEAD TWINS
A lengthy guide to the Teutonic twins

110 READER ADS
Send us your bargains. We
need many more bargains.
We do, we really do…

130 FRANK WESTWORTH
Doesn’t everyone lie in for-sale ads?