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Bike security scheme aims to cut theft
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The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI), has launched the first ever official and national security marking scheme, which will be introduced by major bike manufacturers…
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Control issues
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During the vintage days of motorcycling, designers endeavoured to make the rider’s role easier, with slick control design and cleaner handlebar. Recent generations of motorcycle design boffins have more than re-cluttered the handlebars with switchgear. Now that is progress…
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On guard for alloy
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Motorcycle mudguards are the first items to suffer damage, but these rust-resistant alloy replacements will save weight and improve the looks of your classic. Most sizes are available…
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Classic Racer app
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The brilliant Classic Racer app means you can download every single magazine onto your iPad or Android tablet days before Classic Racer reaches the news stands, and you can take a virtual stack of back issues of your favourite magazine with you wherever you are in the world, or download the very latest edition without…
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Honda RTL
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The story so far. In issue 21 six air-cooled, monoshock trials bikes were put through their paces at a secret Derbyshire test location. This issue we’re going to have a closer look at the 1989 Honda RTL…
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IoM pre-TT Classic Billown
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Registering the first MV double in the Isle of Man for precisely 40 years, Alan Oversby made a perfect return to the Pre-TT Classic after missing the 2011 event with a broken wrist…
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Classic Dirt Bike on sale!
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Issue 24 of Classic Dirt Bike has just gone on sale. Features include Ariel HT5 and BSA A65 tests, focus on Talon Engineering, Bultaco Frontera buying guide, CR 380 Moto Villa, all the usual regulars and part one of our Armstrong project bike rebuild…
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Triton 500cc
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Think of a Triton and the engine unit will invariably be 650cc, or bigger. However, the general consensus is that most British vertical twins are at their sweetest at 500cc. Nigel Clark reviews a combination that forgoes outright performance for an altogether nicer ride…
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Moto Guzzi Lodola
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Moto Guzzi’s Lodola, made from 1956 to 1966 initially as an overhead cam 175, is physically a small machine, which is the attraction to some owners. Brian Crichton takes flight on this Italian Lark and is charmed by the machine’s forgiving handling and ride…
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Classics return to Stoneleigh show
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Proof, if proof were needed, of the interest in older off-road bikes comes with the news that classic, twinshock and Evo machines will feature again at the International Dirt Bike Show, November 1-4, 2012, at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire…