at the time, the most expensive motorcycle
in the world, the Vincent Black Lightening.
Suzuki’s phenomenally successful RG500
race bike made an appearance, and so did
Honda’s replica of a British racer for the road,
the GB500. Amongst all this glamour came a
modest, but no less important in the annals
of motorcycle history, Francis Barnett.
2014 was a year of surprises. The BSA Bantam
was back. One of Britain’s most endearing,
and versatile smaller motorcycles. The
Kawasaki triple cylinder two-strokes had
taken the big bike market by storm, and
in doing so, re-wrote the rules for road-
going sports machines and race bikes. The
Europeans were not asleep while this was
going on, and MV Agusta, with the likes of
John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, and, of course,
Giacomo Agostini, had been burning up race
tracks everywhere, but sadly didn’t transfer
a lot of this to the road. There were, however,
a few beauties for the keen, and well heeled,
road rider. Of course, Ducati was fighting its
way into the top ranks of Italian motorcycles
and would soon become the leading Italian
sports machine.
Our other European favourite all along had
been BMW. The critically/highly acclaimed
K1 made an appearance in 2016, and the
delectable, and rare, three- cylinder K75C,
Suzuki GS1000 1978 Honda CB750 1969
Honda GB400 John Player Norton race bike 1973
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