• Matchless Silver Hawk
A pre-war Matchless, Part Two. Rebuilding and then riding this very rare British V4
• Ariel NH rebuild
After many months of nuffink much going on, there has been a veritable blaze of activity in Frank Westworth’s Shed involving primary and drive chains, an engine shock absorber and a clutch of cables
• BMW R100
Take a 35 year-old BMW Boxer to Spain. Find a desert. Ride across it. Martin Gelder explains why you don’t need to have an adventure bike to have an adventure
• BSA Bantam build
Part three: bending and straightening metal and a quick spot of mudguard manipulation
• Norton 19S
A half-century with the same bike? It must be love. Joe Gray describes long-term life on the long stroke with a seriously big single, his swinging-arm 1957 ONV machine
• Royal Enfield ignition
Stephen Herbert has been upgrading his Royal Enfield Electra-X. One thing led to another, until eventually he ran aground on the rocky shores of the automatic ignition timing
• Triumph twins
The Meriden Co-operative built their last bike thirty years ago, in August 1983. Frank Westworth has a look at some of the later classic Triumphs, at the range that never was, and remembers how they ride
• Ducati 900SS
The cliché ‘racer for the road’ actually does apply to Ducati’s 900SS. Paul Miles falls in love again, this time for a slender Italian with very few frills
• Scott Squirrel rebuild
Part Two in which the owner gets to grip with his magneto and how to set up the timing
• Velocette Venom
It’s a century since the creation of the Velocette. To celebrate the centenary of a legend, the VMCC are giving away a Venom, and Rowena Hoseason rode it
PLUS a free Bantam booklet, groovy summer strides, reader ads, a special guest column from Jim Reynolds (as DLM was rushed off his wheels this month), and some spiffy pics of readers’ classics in the most unusual places…
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