Complete 180

James Walshe explains how to buy Standard-Triumph’s clever little sportscar superstar

For more than 50 years Bert Hopwood was a key player in British bike design. CB gets exclusive access to his documents, letters – and previously secret designs

We sample the Spitfire that exemplifies courage and true friendship

We unearthed these ingenious and outlandish two-stroke creations in the CB archives. Any idea where they are now?

Triumph’s game-changing naked bike that rewrote the middleweight class rulebook

Losing Fisher & Ludlow (which had made monocoque bodies for the Standard 8 and 10) to the British Motor Corporation led Standard-Triumph to choose separate-chassis construction for its next small car.