Modèles cultes

From the Brooklands banking in 1937 to the counters of the Ace Café, the story of the most coveted single in England: where the name came from, the Clubman and DBD34 versions, the domination of the Clubman's TT and the brutal end in 1963.

In a shed in Christchurch, John Britten hand-built a carbon racing motorcycle with no frame, around his own 999 cc V-twin. The result: four world records and wins at Daytona against the factory machines. Then cancer took him at 45.

Built in a small series to homologate Honda in Superbike, the 1987 VFR750R RC30 pairs a 748 cm³ V4 with gear-driven camshafts and a single-sided swingarm. Fred Merkel hands it the first two world titles, Dunlop and Hislop make it win at the TT.

748 cm³, a two-stroke triple, 74 hp and a chassis from another decade: the 1972 Kawasaki H2 750 Mach IV is still the most brutal road bike of its time. We also set the record straight on the “Widowmaker” nickname and on its real factory colours.

From the Honda NXR-750, queen of the Paris-Dakar, to the modern CRF1100L with DCT, a deep dive into the history of the Africa Twin, the adventurous trail bike that has made generations of bikers dream.