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TT races in South Africa, January 1924
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South Africa’s first TT races owed little to the Isle of Man events, the organisers preferring to plough their own furrow…
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Aintree road racing, September 1954
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Aintree motor racing circuit opened in 1954 and these pictures come from the first motorcycle race meeting, which attracted a strong entry…
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Road Test: Cotton Blackburne
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Cotton, as a motorcycle manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked. Best of all, the frame allowed all of the performance to be used. Roy Poynting explains…
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Road Test: Cotton Blackburne
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Cotton, as a motorcycle manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked. Best of all, the frame allowed all of the performance to be used. Roy Poynting explains…
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Eppynt road race may 1953
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With sunshine bathing the Brecknockshire mountains, spectators perched on those slopes were treated to a day of racing which, said Motor Cycling, ‘…could hardly have been bettered’
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Kawasaki KX500
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How special are works bikes? Just ‘special’ or ‘very special’? CDB asks the question and Dave King answers…
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Honda CB400F
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Honda’s CB400F four of 1978 was a ground-breaking machine, a little bike with a big heart that took to the race track with glee…
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Kawasaki Z400 rebuild: 3
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After owner Steve tracks down some serviceable second hand pistons for his Kawsaki Z400 twin – and splashes out for some new rings – Rod Gibson completes the engine rebuild…
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Kawasaki Z400 rebuild: 2
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Rod Gibson orders parts from Z-Power and is told that his Kawasaki twin is an older 400, not what he thought…
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Yamaha XT500 part three
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With the engine reassembled, Rod turns his attention to the frame and ancillary components…
