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  • Book Review: Overland to Vietnam – on a 1941 Matchless G3L

    Book Review: Overland to Vietnam – on a 1941 Matchless G3L

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    Widely regarded as the favourite motorcycle of dispatch riders during the Second World War, the 350cc Matchless G3L pushrod single was respected for its ruggedness and durability, and Gordon May’s latest book, Overland to Vietnam,

  • Book Review: The Campion Cycle Company Story

    Book Review: The Campion Cycle Company Story

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    Author: Dave Crofts Published by: D W M Crofts, The Paddock, Bell Lane, Weston, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 6TW Tel.: 01636 822004 E-mail: [email protected] Also available from: Amazon. Softback, 210 x 295mm (portrait); 118 pages with

  • Book Review: The Campion Cycle Company Story

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    Author: Dave Crofts Published by: D W M Crofts, The Paddock, Bell Lane, Weston, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 6TW Tel.: 01636 822004 E-mail: [email protected] Also available from: Amazon. Softback, 210 x 295mm (portrait); 118 pages with

  • HANDSOME HUNTER

    HANDSOME HUNTER

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    INTERESTING ARTICLE ON the Ariel 650 twin in the Feb issue. I went the same route with my Ariel 500 special. Bought it in 1970 for £35 from a friend for use commuting into London,

  • AUSTIN HOCKLEY: Fearless Fighter

    AUSTIN HOCKLEY: Fearless Fighter

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    FROM OUR ARCHIVES Ask any of the competitors who raced regularly against Austin Hockley and the most common description they give him is ‘fearless’. Chris Carter charts his varied career. Words: Chris Carter Photographs: Austin

  • AUSTIN HOCKLEY: Fearless Fighter

    AUSTIN HOCKLEY: Fearless Fighter

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    FROM OUR ARCHIVES Ask any of the competitors who raced regularly against Austin Hockley and the most common description they give him is ‘fearless’. Chris Carter charts his varied career. Words: Chris Carter Photographs: Austin

  • Going for Gold

    Going for Gold

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    The BSA Gold Star has been part of motorcycling folklore for the past eight decades, and at this year’s Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show the ‘Goldie’ will be celebrated in the Restoration Theatre. Expert

  • Quick Spins – 1996 Triumph Speed Triple

    Quick Spins – 1996 Triumph Speed Triple

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    All was set and sorted. But then, after some overnight contemplation, Speed Triple owner Stuart Wallace developed cold feet and things went disappointingly Pete Tong. ‘Sorry, I’ve changed my mind. I can’t let you ride

  • New roadster kit launched!

    New roadster kit launched!

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    Kits to turn early Hinckley Triumph triples into classicstyled Roadsters are being made available by Café Racer Kits (CRK). Based on the sports machine first produced by CRK’s Ian Saxcoburg two years ago, the Roadster

  • CHARITY EVENT IN FOURTH YEAR!

    CHARITY EVENT IN FOURTH YEAR!

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    Classic bike riders are being asked to saddle up to help raise money for blood cancer charities. The BONE-shaker MARROW-thon charity ride between Birmingham and Burton on Trent began in 2014 after the organiser beat

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