Video Intermission – The Story of Seventies Superbikes

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Paul Brace is a passionate motorcycle nut who also happens to be a Director at Eagle, manufacturer of the world’s best Jaguar E-Types. He maintains a personal collection of seventies superbikes called Proper Bikes – so enjoy this video tour of the decade’s best Japanese speedsters: the CB750, H2, Z1, CBX, etc.

If my reference to Eagle piqued your interest, here’s a review from Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear, done in his usual “what does subtle mean” style. The ending looks like it cost quite a bit of money to put together:

Paul is a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast who has always been involved with motorbikes since his youth. He is a Director of Eagle and the professional engineer and restoration expert behind the very best Jaguar E-Types in the world – the Eagle E-Type. It was voted Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘Car of the Century’ in 2000. He’s also the designer & creator of the Eagle Speedster which again has found huge favour – see jaguarspeedster.com – and very recently developed and produced the Low Drag GT.

Back to the bikes. Journalist John Naish uses Paul Brace’s collection to take you through the 70s in this flashback that will surely give you a lot of you some feelings of nostalgia: