Retro

  • Ridden: Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650

    Ridden: Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650

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    Royal Enfield has added a cruiser to its wildly successful 650 twins range – and Alan Cathcart has been out to India to ride it. The Super Meteor 650 is available in two versions targeting different slices of the middleweight cruiser market – and they’re both powered by the same proven 648cc parallel-twin engine, which…

  • Norton announces major expansion of UK dealer network

    Norton announces major expansion of UK dealer network

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      Norton Motorcycles has launched its flagship retail location, the Norton Atelier, at the Bike Shed in Old Street, London –          Visitors to the Norton Atelier can view and buy Norton’s motorcycle line-up as well as browse the brand’s newly launched apparel collection –          Five further sales partnerships with established dealerships have also been announced including: Krazy Horse London, P&H Motorcycles,…

  • Test ride a Norton – from your house

    Test ride a Norton – from your house

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    Norton’s new service aims to make it a doddle to test ride the new Commandos. Here’s how: The resurgent British firm has just announced a cool new service which offers the chance to get a brand-new £16,499 Commando 961 Sport or £16,999 Commando Café Racer straight to your door for a test ride. Since being…

  • SPY SHOTS! Royal Enfield 450 Roadster

    SPY SHOTS! Royal Enfield 450 Roadster

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    Another month and another set of spy shots of a new Royal Enfield. This time they’re of a roadster powered by a new water-cooled 450cc engine. Leaked images of a previously unseen roadster suggest that Royal Enfield could be gearing up to launch a range of bikes built around its new water-cooled 450cc motor. The…

  • NEW BIKES! Honda CL500

    NEW BIKES! Honda CL500

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    Honda’s a bit late to the ‘60s-styled retro scrambler’ party. But there’s definitely something sweet about this new CL500. It’s an homage to the firm’s CL72 and CL77 of the early 60s, which took the basic 250 and 305 CB/Dream engines and put them in a mildly tweaked off-road chassis. The 2023 CL500 does the…

  • Fantic Caballero 700 Scrambler

    Fantic Caballero 700 Scrambler

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    Yamaha-powered retro has plenty of appeal! The Caballero has been a big hitter for Fantic in recent years, so it should come as no surprise that it’s decided now’s the time to reveal a new, more powerful version for 2023. And with a Yamaha engine, Brembo brakes and Marzocchi springs, it looks like it’s going…

  • Cost-effective classics! Suzuki GT250

    Cost-effective classics! Suzuki GT250

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    Suzuki’s GT250 – well worth a look! Steve Cooper investigates.. Back when learners could ride 250s the market was hugely competitive. Everyone had a favourite and for a variety of reasons but there’s no denying which bike sold in the greatest numbers – Suzuki’s GT250. At the height of the 1970s more GT250s were sold…

  • RETRO RIDE: Honda Fireblade (1998)

    RETRO RIDE: Honda Fireblade (1998)

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    How was the ‘Blade? Over to our Maja… In the 30th anniversary year of the Honda Fireblade it only seemed appropriate I finally got to ride one. It happened that I had the opportunity to take a 1998 RRW or Sc33 Fireblade out for a spin. I was a little bit apprehensive, to say the…

  • THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE

    THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE

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    Sunday May 22 Since the 2012 inaugural ride the DGR has raised an amazing $31.6 MILLION in support of the “Movember” foundation, raising awareness of Prostate Cancer and Mental Health charities. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (affectionately known as the DGR) runs this year on Sunday 22nd May.  It is, simply, a mass ride-out for classic,…

  • GET INVOLVED: The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2022

    GET INVOLVED: The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2022

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    The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (affectionately known as the DGR) runs this year on Sunday 22nd May.  It is, simply, a mass ride-out for classic, vintage and modern retro motorcycles with riders dressed in ‘dapper’ fashion, all in the name of men’s health. Founded in Sydney back in 2012, the last ‘big ride’ in 2019 (before…


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