The Harley Davidson that wasn't
Is this a Harley Davidson? Well, yes; but not as you know it. Having seen the Brit bike business laid low by what management consultants...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
MV gives Ago Wings
This was in Benzina issue 5, for a story on how MV Agusta fought long and hard to keep the two-strokes at bay, culminating in a 500cc...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Creg Ny Waaahhh - Ago's TZ350
My Instagram video reminded me how excited some were when the Yamaha RD350LC arrived: a “TZ or the road” they said. They were wrong and...
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Greg Pullen
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
History books in
This is one of the very first MV Agusta fours, a 1951 4C aka the 500 Bialbero Corsa. Although designed, like the original Rodine and...
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Greg Pullen
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
The first ton up TT
This is Michael Dunlop at the 2017 Classic TT about to a the parade lap to mark 60 years since Bob McIntyre set the first 100mph lap of...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Power is nothing without control
This is Nello Pagani at the start of the 1949 Ulster Grand Prix, courtesy TT Race Pics and available as a poster and much else. The...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
An 80bhp 500 in 1939? Hard to Swallow
This is the original Gilera Quattro, the 1939 version developed from the 1936 OPRA four that Giuseppe Gilera bought from Count ...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Rise of the Fours
If V-twins are so wonderful, why is it that (mostly) inline fours rule the roost? This picture (courtesy A Herl Inc) is a 1928 OPRA 500...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Simply the Best: Part Two
I photographed this Britten at a Ducati club meeting at Assen a few years ago. Rino Caracchi – the C in NCR – had come especially to...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
The V8 that couldn't wait
The Morbidelli V8 is probably one of the most unfairly maligned motorcycles in history. When launched in 1994 the original Pininfarina...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Mighty Moto Guzzi V8
If the Moto Guzzi’s pre-war supercharged four cylinder racer seemed ambitious it was nothing compared to the magnificent V8, seen here...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
A fine V8 - but we'll call it a four
The Honda NR1/NR500 was another V8 that didn’t go as well as hoped, even if everyone agreed to call it a V4. Issue 11 of Benzina told the...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
Guzzi's Supercharged Four
Another supercharged motorcycle, this Carlo Guzzi’s 1931 Quattro Cilindri, photographed by Phil Aynsley. It was a case of something...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Giving Morini a Boost - literally
This is the mythical Morini 500 Turbo, first shown at the 1981 Milan show. Turbomania started with the Renault RS01, the first Formula...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Singin' in the Rain
This is an extract from the story of this image in Benzina 7: “Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, was all that was going through my mind” remembers Chris...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Another Bologna Beauty
Ducati were once just another of the many motorcycle factories around Bologna, perhaps their most famous fellow bike builder being Moto...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 6, 2020
- 1 min
To finish first...
Mototrans was the Spanish Ducati factory, by the 1970s fiercely independent. They had continued to develop the singles long after...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Montjuic Park Rules
This is the frontispiece in Benzina 11 for a lengthy exploration of Montjuïc Park is general and Benjamin Grau in particular: The ...
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Greg Pullen
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
King for a Day
This is Benjamin – Min to friends and fans – Grau at the 1975 24 Horas race, showing why the competition called him the King of...
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Greg Pullen
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Party in the Park
Of the grand old racetracks I think Montjuic Park on the edge of Barcelona is my favourite. The Isle of Man TT course has the majesty,...
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