The Moto Guzzi Eldorado was created in the early seventies as a direct contender to the Harley Davidson as a police motorcycle. Based around the 90° V twin engine originally designed by Giulio Cesare Carcano the…
Moto Guzzi Eldorado
Ariel Square 4 Mark I
Back in 1928 a young man named Edward Turner came up with a design for a motorcycle engine that he believed would be a world beater. He went from manufacturer to manufacturer showing his idea and…
Hercules W-2000
In a recent post we looked at the Norton Classic, a twin rotor Wankel engined motorcycle that probably should have become more popular than it was. Interestingly an example of the predecessor of the Norton Classic…
Egli-Vincent
If the Vincent motorcycle had any vices it would take a perfectionist Swiss to discover and rectify them. Fritz Egli was such a perfectionist Swiss and he recognised that, superb though the Vincent bikes were, that…
Norton Classic
The Wankel rotary engine was expected to replace conventional piston engines. It was new, it was a dramatically different concept to piston engines, it had the advantage of light weight and greater power for any given…
Brough Superior SS100: Ex Henry Laird
Most likely loaned to thirties motor cycling journalist Henry Laird as a demonstrator a Brough Superior SS100 from 1938 is coming up for auction by Bonhams at their Spring Stafford Sale to be held on 23rd…
