In 1967, two old stalwarts of the British motorcycling magazine scene merged into one publication. Motor Cycling, with a focus more on racing, could trace its origins all the way back to 1902.
The Motor Cycle, which was biased more towards road-going models and technical stuff, had been in continuous publication since 1903.
Covers of Motor Cycling tended to be green while The Motor Cycle were predominantly blue, hence the colloquial names “The Green 'un” and 'The Blue 'un".
As the swinging sixties swung around, the times they were a changin’. Motor Cycling converted to a newspaper format in 1962, while The Motor Cycle removed ‘The’ from its name.
On this day in 1967 the last magazine version of Motor Cycle was published. After that, Motor Cycling merged with Motor Cycle, initially calling itself Motor Cycle incorporating Motor Cycling though soon reverting to just Motor Cycle, but keeping the newspaper format of the old Motor Cycling rag.
In 1978 the name was changed again, to Motor Cycle Weekly, and in 1983 they reverted back to a glossy magazine format, but a year later publication ceased after a 75 year run.
