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BSA Motorcycles For almost all of its sixty years as a producer of motor cycles, BSA had the distinction of being the biggest in Britain and on occasion, the world. This guide details six of BSA's best-loved...
Norton Motorcycles 2nd This guide details celebrates the marque of Norton, one of the most instantly recognisable and evocative names of the British motorcycle industry. Covered here are some of Norton's...
Ducati Motorcycle Today, they are world famous for their sporting motorcycles but Ducati's first machines were bicycles with simple clip-on engines. This famous Italian marque, established in 1950, produced...
Honda Motorcycles Founded in October 1946, Soichiro Honda started making motor cycles by bolting army surplus engines onto bicycle frames in 1948. A year later he built his own 50cc two-stroke engine and in...
Suziki Motorcycles An established manufacturer of weaving machinery, Suzuki's first move into the motor cycle industry was in 1952, with the development of a 36cc two-stroke engine called the Power Free...
Yamaha Motorcycles Yamaha were a musical instrument manufacturer that had been founded in 1887 but diversified into motor cycle manufacture in 1955. Their first machine, the YA1 was a 125cc two-stroke based...
Triumph Motorcyles 2nd The motorcycle may have been invented in continental Europe, but it was Britain as much as any other country, that helped give it its modern form. It is also a fair bet that no other...
Velocette Motorcycles The Velocette Company built many landmark machines and has gained a loyal following among motor cyclists world-wide. This guide details six of their best-loved models from the post-war...
Vincent Motorcycles The Vincent-HRD Company Limited was based on the Old North Road in Stevenage, Herfordshire. Started by Philip Conrad Vincent, their superb machines became the superstars of the British...