Tag: Phil Aynsley

Laverda 200 Twin With Phil Aynsley Laverda’s first multi-cylinder motorcycle was the 200cc twin that was debuted in 1961 and ...

MV Agusta 350/6 four-valve prototype With Phil Aynsley MV Agusta’s first six-cylinder race bike was the 500/6 of 1957 but ...

1976 Derbi 2.002 GP 6V With Phil Aynsley The mid to late 1970s was a turbulent period for the Spanish ...

Bimota DB1 'DB1RS' With Phil Aynsley Known as either the DB1SR, according to the homologation plate, or the DB1RS going ...

Parilla 175 Gran Sport With Phil Aynsley One of the most successful “production racers” to come out of Italy was ...

Yamaha TZ500 GP Racer With Phil Aynsley Yamaha’s involvement in the 500cc Grand Prix class began in April 1973 at ...

Benelli MotoBi 250 Sport Special With Phil Aynsley MotoBi was established in 1948 by the eldest of the six Benelli ...

1987 Laverda LZ125 With Phil Aynsley Laverda began its entry into the 125 cc two-stroke market with the LZ125 in ...

Honda's V-Twin Superbike With Phil Aynsley Honda introduced the VTR1000F Firestorm road bike in 1997. It then followed that up ...

Ducati's second attempt at a scooter - 100 Brio With Phil Aynsley The second of Ducati’s scooters appeared in 1963, ...

Ducati Cruiser Scooter Phil Aynsley There has, in recent years, been some speculation that Ducati might introduce a scooter. If ...

MV Agusta 50cc Liberty Sport Speciale With Phil Aynsley MV Agusta realised that Italian youths of the early '60s could ...

2002 Yamaha YZR500 0WL9 With Phil Aynsley The 28th and final version of Yamaha’s 500cc Grand Prix bike was the ...

Tetsuya Harada's Aprilia RSW-2 With Phil Aynsley I covered the evolution of Aprilia’s RSW-2 GP twins in a previous column ...

Thierry Rapicault's Fior RS500 Racer With Phil Aynsley I covered Claude Fior’s final 1989 500cc GP design in a previous ...

Ken Sprayson / Arthur Wheeler 350 Guzzi With the recent passing of Ken Sprayson at 94 years old, I thought ...

Italian Mountain Championship winning DEMM 50cc Bialbero With Phil Aynsley Those of you with good memories will recall I covered ...

Atala With Phil Aynsley Unknown Italian manufacturer number 736 - Atala. As with many motorcycle companies Atala (founded by Emerico ...

Derbi 125 cc GP Racers With Phil Aynsley I’m afraid information about these bikes is scant, but as they are ...

1993 XR79 Suzuki RGV500 With Phil Aynsley This is one of the two Suzuki RGV500 XR79 machines built for Kevin ...

Ducati DU-4 With Phil Aynsley In my last column I wrote about one of Ducati’s three-wheeled efforts. In this column ...

Ducati Muletto With Phil Aynsley Italy is home to a plethora of small three-wheeled delivery vehicles of which the Piaggio/Vespa ...

MV Agusta 300 Bicilindra With Phil Aynsley Count Agusta and Giuseppe Gilera were fierce rivals during the 1950s, so after ...

Moto Guzzi Museum at Mandello del Lario With Phil Aynsley The Moto Guzzi Museum, located in an old two storied ...