A double-header of fabulous Vincents blasts across the cover of September’s Classic Bike. It features the ultimate 1950s hot rod, a Black Lightning, ripping alongside a hopped-up Black Shadow that’s a Goodwood winner – both ridden by CB testers.
Delve into the magazine and another V-twin that was radical in its time is tested – the Buell XB9R Firebolt – while at the other end of the performance scale a fabulous Honda CB175 takes on the ups and downs of the West Country on a rally for tiddlers.
There’s an in-depth buying guide for Honda’s brilliant all-rounder, the evergreen Dominator, while elsewhere you’ll find Grand Prix legend Kevin Schwantz… erm, in a shopping trolley. CB’s project BSA Gold Star scrambler also gets shaken down off-road, we have lunch with a 500 GP mechanic, and Editor Mike heads for Scotland on his 1994 Triumph Sprint 900. Did he make it? You’ll have to buy the magazine to find out…