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Motorcycle Magazine Road Test Truths
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The truth can now be told. One-time motorcycle testing journalist, Derek Pickard, reveals the real meaning behind those bland test reports from the 1970s and 1980s…
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Classic Bike Carol
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Just when you thought you’d avoided the carol singers, Paul Goff presents the Twelve Days Of Classic Biking Christmas…
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The Roughriders DVD
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Back in the 1960s, the big beasts of British motorcycling still ruled the scrambles roost. This DVD captures some of the flavour of that era…
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‘From Rocker to Racer’ by Reg Everett
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Reg Everett was a 1960s road racer who found himself up against the likes of Mike Hailwood and Derek Minter on works machines, when he was riding a home-built Greeves-powered special. Colin Sparrow recommends Everett’s autobiography…
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Race to Dakar, by Charley Boorman
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Some times we’re asked if we ever review anything we don’t actually like. Well, Dave Blendell really didn’t like this book…
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Quasar – Feet-Forward
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Some time ago, we mentioned Quasar machines and managed to spell the name wrong. Here’s more on the subkject (spelling not necessarily correct)…
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Post Office Bikes – Part 2
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So when did the Post Office start using BSA Bantams to deliver telegrams? Paul Wood continues his tale of working motorcycles, from the 1930s through to the heyday of the BSA Bantam…
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Post Office Bikes – Part 1
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Motorcycles have been used, in many different forms, for some 92 years in the UK’s mail and communications industry. Paul Wood explains how motorcycles have worked in the Post Office…
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Celebrating the Pioneer Run
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A new book commemorates 75 successful Pioneer Runs from London to Brighton on (very) old bikes…
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‘Leanings’ and ‘Leanings 2’ by Peter Egan
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Motorcycling may be an incurable ailment. These books have helped one RealClassic regular survive the experience with his sanity intact……
