006 RIDING LIFE
Show show showtime! We’ve
been busy. Report from
Kempton and a Bristol preview
too. And there’s some news!

010 SUBSCRIBE!
Save money, get the magazine early.
Thrills beyond description. Maybe

024 LAVERDA 3C
No Jota, but maybe better for that

028 SLIPPERY SAM REP
Take a Trident. Take off bits,
add other bits. Go fast

034 BMW R90 SPECIAL
Seriously strange way to treat an R90S

040 HONDA GOLD WING
Radical then, radical now. Fab flat four

046 SOME LETTERS
Laverda, Velocette and
the cost of shows

050 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
To ball or not to ball?

052 MARK WILLIAMS
Serious up-front stuff

054 PAUL MILES
Futures for the MoT test

056 BSA GOLD STAR
But not entirely as you know it

064 TRIUMPH TWIN TWINS
Maybe the best Bonnies ever

078 NORTON’S DOMINATOR
Remarkably red, really

086 CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE
Ancient Brits galore

100 SHOCK ABSORBING
It is possible to refurbish older
Japanese shocks, apparently

106 ARIEL HUNTMASTER
One man’s take on an Ariel twin

112 READER ADS
Lock up your wallets

129 BLONDIE
by Brett Breckon

130 FRANK WESTWORTH
Rising prices, falling brain power