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This week we’re getting all steamed up! Put The Kettle On! Steam Powered Motorcycles Past And Present
27/09/2025

This week we’re getting all steamed up! Put The Kettle On! Steam Powered Motorcycles Past And Present

With the 200th anniversary of passenger train travel upon us, we look at the steam powered motorcycles that came along just 50 years later... and the modern ...

Another enclosed motorcycle! Is It A Bike? Is It A Plane? No, It's A Peraves Ecomobile!
20/09/2025

Another enclosed motorcycle! Is It A Bike? Is It A Plane? No, It's A Peraves Ecomobile!

One of the weirdest motorcycles ever made, the Peraves Ecomobile is like a cross between a bike and an aeroplane.Please do consider subscribing as it costs y...

A Salty tale from Down Under. A 2-Stroke Wizard From Oz?
13/09/2025

A Salty tale from Down Under. A 2-Stroke Wizard From Oz?

An Australian 2-stroke motorcycle that you can ride on the roads? That's what Salt Motorcycle promise.Please do consider subscribing as it costs you nothing ...

Are transport museums giving up the ghost? Last Chance To Visit Your Local Motorcycle Museum?
09/09/2025

Are transport museums giving up the ghost? Last Chance To Visit Your Local Motorcycle Museum?

Are small motor and motorcycle museums in danger of becoming extinct?Please do consider subscribing as it costs you nothing but really helps the YouTube algo...

This week’s video is gaining some traction… as well it might with a Mini engine in it! Was This The WEIRDEST British Mot...
30/08/2025

This week’s video is gaining some traction… as well it might with a Mini engine in it! Was This The WEIRDEST British Motorcycle EVER?

In the 1980s, one man had a dream - a motorcycle with an Austin Mini engine in it!Please do consider subscribing as it costs you nothing but really helps the...

3Phils gets all Phil-osophical. When Is A Motorcycle NOT A Motorcycle?
23/08/2025

3Phils gets all Phil-osophical. When Is A Motorcycle NOT A Motorcycle?

What, to you, is the essence of a motorcycle? Wobbly Phil gives us his personal take.Please do consider subscribing as it costs you nothing but really helps ...

This week, it’s back to the future with the new BSA Bantam! Baffling? BSA Brings Back Bygone Bantam
09/08/2025

This week, it’s back to the future with the new BSA Bantam! Baffling? BSA Brings Back Bygone Bantam

Why has BSA revived the Bantam, a motorcycle that disappeared 54 years ago and which had its beginnings in the 1930s?Please do consider subscribing as it cos...

Norton - Big Ideas, Big Losses, And A Big Trade Deal With India
02/08/2025

Norton - Big Ideas, Big Losses, And A Big Trade Deal With India

Norton Motorcycles has big plans to expand, and the recent UK-India trade deal has given it a boost. Does the company have what it takes to accelerate into t...

The British bike industry was actually in no state to take on the Japanese in the 1970s, but here’s another of our occas...
26/07/2025

The British bike industry was actually in no state to take on the Japanese in the 1970s, but here’s another of our occasional ‘what ifs’. BSA’s V5 ‘Grand Superbike’ Could Have Been A Honda Killer!

A V5 1250cc motorcycle? In the 1970s? Made by BSA Triumph? Wobbly Phil investigates.Please do consider subscribing as it costs you nothing but really helps t...

A little bit of controversy… Better Than A Z1? The World’s First Megabike That Spawned The GSX!
19/07/2025

A little bit of controversy… Better Than A Z1? The World’s First Megabike That Spawned The GSX!

When Suzuki's GS1000 was launched in 1978, it was the fastest Japanese bike on the planet and stole Kawasaki's Z1 crown. Just how good was the world's first ...

1000cc Superbikes Of The 1970s - Which Ranks Highest?
13/07/2025

1000cc Superbikes Of The 1970s - Which Ranks Highest?

Motorcycles got bigger as the 1970s progressed - which litre bike was tops?Please do consider subscribing as it costs you nothing but really helps the YouTub...

This week we’ve been having a bit of a Wankel! BSA Triumph Weren’t Jerking Around With Their 1970s Wankel
05/07/2025

This week we’ve been having a bit of a Wankel! BSA Triumph Weren’t Jerking Around With Their 1970s Wankel

BSA Triumph spent a number of years in the late 1960s and early 1970 attempting to develop a Wankel Rotary engined motorcycle. Wobbly Phil tells the story.Pl...

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