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  • AJS Model 18S, 1958

    AJS Model 18S, 1958

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    It’s probably good news when the only item you need to fit to a 44 year old British bike is a bicycle bell. John Whapshott tells a rider’s tale

  • Yamaha FZR1000 Road Test Portfolio

    Yamaha FZR1000 Road Test Portfolio

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    Was Yamaha’s ground-breaking FZR as good as its reputation suggests? A new collection of old roadtests helps to place it in perspective…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 30

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 30

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    Have you ever ridden a real, genuine, internationally successful competition Matchless? Frank Westworth has ridden several, strangely…

  • Yamaha RD400

    Yamaha RD400

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    Before there was Elsie, Yamaha built an equally memorable two-stroke tearaway. Anarchy shows us his 400C…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 28

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 28

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    Maligned by many, AJS and Matchless lightweights can be a lot of fun. Frank Westworth, no lightweight, tries to convince himself…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 27

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 27

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    Riding old bikes produces many wonderful moments. Frank Westworth dredges through his memory for some memorable AJS and Matchless rides…

  • Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

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    How do we define ourselves? By our jobs, the way we dress, or the music we like? By the bikes we ride or lust after? Episode two from Trevor Oz Brooks…

  • 1973 Yamaha TX650

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    John (Midnight Mouse) Downie rides a 650 twin which has never let him down, and he normally rides it on a continent where rain is almost unheard of. So…

  • Yamaha XS500

    Yamaha XS500

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    Andy Sochanik likes unusual bikes — which is just as well, seeing as his go-to-work motorcycle is one of the least-loved members of the XS family. Not that it’s given him any trouble, you understand…

  • Yamaha 1.1S / XS1100

    Yamaha 1.1S / XS1100

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    Honda and Kawasaki fours tend to grab all the glory, but Steve The Toaster reckons there’s a very strong Yamaha contender for Best Japanese Classic Bike…

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