Retro

Achingly beautiful, plain aching to ride. Another classic stunner from Italy.

The grandfather of the retro scene is back (with a new hip replacement). It's sharper and stronger than before without losing any character

For a Sunday morning or commuter bike it looks great but lacks a bit of the charm of the old bikes whose style it apes. However, what it loses in character it makes up for in the absence of oil leaks

Achingly beautiful, plain aching to ride. Another classic stunner from Italy

James Whitham knows a thing or three about bikes. So how did he get on with the Triumph Scrambler?

No barbed wire fences to jump, so Whitham sticks to the roads on Triumph's Scrambler and gets nostalgic

Alex Hearn bought this Ducati Sport Classic to review with his own money. But he wouldn't be so crass as to mention that

Thirty-three years in the planning and Ducati's Sportclassics are finally here. But you'd better be quick if you want one

No two ways about it, Ducati’s Sport 1000 isn’t a comfy bike. It stretches you out like a rack and breaks both your wrists at anything less than 70mph with harsh suspension and aggressive clip-ons.

ON THE 23RD of April 1972 I was 10 years old, Amazing Grace was at number one and I had just got back from Sunday School praying my folks would buy me that orange Raleigh Chopper in Halfords' window. On that same day in Italy something far more significant was taking place.

It may not be a latter-day CB1100R, and it may be a bit soft around the edges, but the retro CB1300S is still a capable, competent machine

ucati has decided to go back in time to invest in its future by introducing two bikes from its new Sport Classics range. Back in the early seventies the Italian firm burst onto the big-bike scene for the first time with its big-bore V-twin engined road and race bikes.

Shippey logs the miles on the all-round Ducati SS1000

Finally a bike that doesn't look like a Bertie's riding a mini moto. Yes it's the mighty CB1300 review

Niall Mackenzie re-lives his youth and heads for Bonnie Scotland, with four very different bikes

It's big, but it isn't clever, the Le Mans is very shiny on the surface, but we suspect deeply oily underneath

Terrific grunt from a celebrated engine in a less sporty frame than may be familiar

So Honda’s reincarnated Big One should find a place in the market this time round. In the UK the class is already quite busy but my feeling is that the CB1300 could well be the new class leader

Just like the old 2-strike RV but with 4-stroke power and balloon tyres

A good-looking bike that is a nice alternative to the classic look of the Bonneville