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  • Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 11 – Burning Questions

    Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 11 – Burning Questions

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    Why do you ride the bike you do? Why do you not ride the bikes you don’t? Frank Westworth has a head filled with puzzles…

  • Blast from the Past: AMC Anorak 8

    Blast from the Past: AMC Anorak 8

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    AMC bikes are superb examples of the very best British motorcycle engineering. But RealClassic readers already know that. Frank Westworth does a little missionary positioning…

  • Blast from the Past: Reminiscing – AMC Anorak 9

    Blast from the Past: Reminiscing – AMC Anorak 9

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    It’s Matchless memory time! Frank Westworth remembers distant days when he used to ride bikes from time to time, and A Glowing Tribute to The Wobbly Bike Shoppe

  • Blast from the Past – Spare Parts – AMC Anorak 12

    Blast from the Past – Spare Parts – AMC Anorak 12

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    Frank Westworth loves his AJS and Matchless motorcycles and make a point of securing spare parts for them whenever possible. Here, in an unusual example of Hoarder’s Downfall, he explains how his prize collection of AMC originals gets beaten to bits…

  • Blast from the Past: Teenage Kicks – AMC Anorak 10

    Blast from the Past: Teenage Kicks – AMC Anorak 10

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    Things change. Sometimes for the better; sometimes not. Frank Westworth is a keen observer of how this change affects the AJS and Matchless machines of his acquaintance…

  • Laps of the Gods!

    Laps of the Gods!

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    For the 1967 Senior TT Mike Hailwood faced a bit of a challenge in his bid to score his second hat-trick of wins around the Isle of Man course – but lady luck was smiling…

  • Totally Top Triple!

    Totally Top Triple!

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    Was the last of the triples the best of the bunch? Frank Westworth thinks so. Well, he thinks so today, at least.

  • Hammer of the Gods!

    Hammer of the Gods!

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    Twenty years ago, a sound was emanating from the tracks and pit lanes in Grand Prix racing that hadn’t been heard in quite some time…

  • Talented Tony

    Talented Tony

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    From enjoying a short but spectacular career as a racer, to running one of the country’s best bike dealerships, to guiding the career of a TT legend, Tony Jefferies’ entire life revolved around motorcycles.

  • Mission Impossible

    Mission Impossible

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    Did anyone really think that even with the combination of Steve Hislop’s amazing talent and the sheer speed of the Norton NRS588 that they would win the 1992 Senior TT?

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