What do you do if you have an old Sunbeam motorcycle and you feel like it needs a bit more umpfh? Easy, you take out the Sunbeam engine and fit a Porsche car engine! Gordon Griffiths…
1952 Sunbeam-Porsche Special 1300cc
British Drag Racing: The Early Years
It is commonly thought that Americans invented drag racing, and in Britain that there were a few people who thought that was an absolutely spiffing idea so they adopted the American idea and re-created drag racing…
Timbersled Mountain Horse
In the winter time when the snow is fresh powder and you would like to go out on your dirt bike and have some fun in the woods but your dirt bike can’t manage the deep…
1948 Gilera 499cc Saturno
In 1940, as hunters in Germany and Austria were beginning to discover just how amazing August Schuler’s 6.5×68 and 8x68S rifles were, over in Italy a designer named Giuseppe Salmaggi at Gilera created a 500cc (i.e. 499cc)…
IMZ Ural Motorcycles
Some people who enjoy motorcycles are born with a significant measure of lemming blood. This is evidenced by the suicidal power levels of the motorbikes they spend their hard earned cash on. Others of us who…
1950 Sunbeam S8
The Sunbeam S7 and S8 motorcycles are sometimes called “The Rolls Royce of motorcycles” because of their design, and the excellence of their manufacture. They are also motorcycles with an interesting history. The S7 and S8…
