I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

Here we are first night in our new Rapido. I saw our little piece in the latest MMM magazine (January, page 11) and I have done so many upgrades in the handling and rattle dept since. We still got the

Rick spends the festive break making further progress on his Project Bradbury. It exercises his ingenuity and tool-making ability, but doesn’t give him a very merry Christmas...

If there’s one thing people associate with British bikes, it’s oil leaks. Rick looks at how to keep your shed floor clean by making sure the cylinder head joint is properly sealed

As regular readers will know, I’m all for DIY in general but there is a caveat: make sure you know what you’re doing first. I recently had a 25-year-old coachbuilt in for MoT repairs; both front outri

Gary Bamford (right) spent 25 years as a truck mechanic, but his passion was always old bikes – and Greeves in particular. Since starting British Bikes 1970, he and his colleague Mike Ford have never looked back and are now the official classic Greeves specialists