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Stud issues
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A motorcycle strip-down will often stall with fasteners stubbornly stuck in situ. Before resorting to the electric drill, a range of agents, planned force and tools often removes all but the most awkward customers…
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Triumph Tiger Cub
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The pretty Triumph Tiger Cub has always attracted a fair following, which continues to be the case
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Brough Superior SS80
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Examination of a university academic’s Brough Superior proves it to be in a class of its own
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Yamaha RD350B buying guide
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Stories of 750 owners being traumatised by a well-ridden Yamaha 350 are not the stuff of legend, rather, a very well documented fact. It’s realistically now very difficult to convey just what a complete package the Yamaha 350 was. Ostensibly a 350 in a 250 frame, the model was a performance ground breaker…
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Suzuki GT750: part two
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In part one Rod Gibson started the reassembly of our project ‘Kettle’, Suzuki’s three-cylinder two stroke GT750. Now the wheels can go on to the chassis, and the engine begins to take shape…
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Panther Model 100
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There’s much can be said about Yorkshire folk, but one thing in their favour is their thrift. So it was with Phelon & Moore, motorcycle manufacturers of Cleckheaton. Why make a new engine when the old one is perfectly adequate? Phil Mather finds a Panther Model 100 which proves the point…
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BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader
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Taking a humble 250cc unit four-stroke and turning it into a successful trials machine takes a bit of knowledge and ability. Classic Dirtbike compares two different specialist approaches to the same end – a BSA C15T and Royal Enfield Crusader…
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BSA A10 café racer
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Building a bike from bits is an expensive way to do it these days, but it makes sense if half the bits are already in your possession – and if it’s done properly, the results can be very tasty indeed, as Jim Reynolds discovered…
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Bradbury ‘Speed’ Model
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The Bradbury 3½hp single was unusual for having its engine case integral within its frame, an arrangement that offered several advantages…
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Suzuki GS1000
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Twenty five years ago, the young Rod Ker always thought the GS750 was a better bike than its 1000cc successor. So it’s with some reluctance that we have to report that this test has done nothing to change the churlish Mr. Ker’s mind…
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