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  • Buying Guide: Yamaha XJ1100

    Buying Guide: Yamaha XJ1100

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    The Yamaha XJ1100 Maxim was the last in a line of hairy chested, air-cooled, inline fours. Great grandfather was the revolutionary XS750, grandpa was the XS850 and dad bulked up to be the XS1100. Steve Cooper takes a closer look…

  • The way we were in June

    The way we were in June

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    Mike Hailwood races his MV four at the Isle of Man, 400 spectators watch racing at Doncaster and a bad year for fatalities at the IoM in 1989. We look back at key events in June…

  • In the frame

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    With the BSA Bantam being the up and coming bike in pre ’65 trials nowadays the little stroker has been the subject of a lot of attention, not least from Rob Homer…

  • Road Test: Royal Enfield J2

    Road Test: Royal Enfield J2

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    Royal Enfield’s Redditch factory built a reputation for solid, reliable bikes that could surprise the better known opposition with their performance. But the company was innovative too. Jim Reynolds tastes the solid dependability of the simple single…

  • Road Test: Royal Enfield J2

    Road Test: Royal Enfield J2

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    Royal Enfield’s Redditch factory built a reputation for solid, reliable bikes that could surprise the better known opposition with their performance. But the company was innovative too. Jim Reynolds tastes the solid dependability of the simple single…

  • Vintage, veteran and classic show, Amberley, Sussex

    Vintage, veteran and classic show, Amberley, Sussex

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    The annual motorcycle show at Amberley is usually seeen as an opportunity to display a bike (25 years-old at least, please) while wandering off to enjoy the many attractions of the museum in the huge chalk quarry in the South Downs…

  • Buying Guide: Kawasaki Z1A

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    Honda’s CB750 took and shook the motorcycle market but Kawasaki’s 900 raised the bar by a similar amount. More power, technology and performance than anything else. And affordable too. Rod Gibson tells the story…

  • Dusting off the opposition

    Dusting off the opposition

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    Derek Rickman, well ahead of the field here in the 1964 Motocross des Nations at Hawkstone Park, was part of the British team that August and helped the home side to its 12th victory in the ultimate team scramble…

  • Buying Guide: Kawasaki Z1A

    Buying Guide: Kawasaki Z1A

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    Honda’s CB750 took and shook the motorcycle market but Kawasaki’s 900 raised the bar by a similar amount. More power, technology and performance than anything else. And affordable too. Rod Gibson tells the story…

  • Classic Dirtbike on sale – issue 31

    Classic Dirtbike on sale – issue 31

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    Sidecar superstar Nick Thompson interview, BSA Gold Star engine profile, plus sport and tech archives and articles on Bultaco, Montesa, Suzuki, Yamaha TY and AJS special…

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