Jan/Feb 1997

4 HUSQVARNA'S LUSTY VEE-TWIN - Alan Cathcart rides the 1931 GP challenger from Swden that threatened the all-conquering British singles of the era
9 HEDEMORA - Sweden's original TT road race course plays host to a reunion party
21 BALLINGTON - Jock Leyden profiles the underdog South African who delivered four World titles to Kawasaki
25 LIGHTWEIGHT MANX - Nigel Clark checks out small capacity Manx Norton
28 PADDY DRIVER - Jock Leyden visits the 'cavalier' racer of the Sixties
32 PERRIS - THE RACING YEARS - Part two of John Brown's Frank Perris profile. This time Perris talks about his own racing career
40 STROKER ACE - Peter Crew takes a spin on Yamaha TZ750 and discovers what all the fuss was about in the early Seventies
44 MANXMAN McINTOSH - Hamish Cooper profiles one of New Zealand's most committed restorers who has a liking for Manx Nortons
50 DEL MAR - Team Obsolete turn racing promoters, adding their own road race show to the ever-growing biking festival in California
BIANCHI TIPO 170 - Anthony Ainscoe unearths another Italophile
66 FORGOTTEN TRIUMPH - The Daytona is often overlooked but the 500 twin achieved notable production racing success - even in privateer hands. Ray Knight recalls his own TT-winning mount
68 OFF-ROAD MONGREL - Bark and bite Tony Cummins' Triumph Metisse needs to be kept on a tight leash - as Frank Melling discovered
74 TIME TUNNEL - Tsukuba's annual racing meeting is the biggest historic motorcycle happening in Japan - and Britain's John Surtees was there to ride Hailwood's Honda 500-4