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Reference: NVT rotary
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It’s fifty-five years since the first practical Wankel rotary engine was built by NSU in Germany. John Nutting was one of the first journalists to ride a rotary-engined motorcycle when Norton-Villiers-Triumph revealed its ultra-smooth prototype in the 70s…
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Seat re-covering
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When it comes to restoring motorcycles, you can almost bet your hat that the seat is going to be a bit tatty around the edges and requiring a bit of tlc. This month Steve Cooper brings us a guide to re-covering them…
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Road Test: Velocette LE/Valiant Special
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This Velocette Special takes the engine from the LE and slots it into the rolling chassis of the Valiant, creating a tidy little lightweight…
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Road Test: BSA B30-4
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Mike Dixon’s rare, tuned example of the BSA B30-4, denoted by a small star red star stamped onto the crankcase, was described to him as being similar to the machine campaigned in competitive trials by Marjorie Cottle during 1930…
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Road Test: Velocette LE/Valiant Special
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This Velocette Special takes the engine from the LE and slots it into the rolling chassis of the Valiant, creating a tidy little lightweight…
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Road Test: BSA B30-4
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Mike Dixon’s rare, tuned example of the BSA B30-4, denoted by a small star red star stamped onto the crankcase, was described to him as being similar to the machine campaigned in competitive trials by Marjorie Cottle during 1930…
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Take a ride to the codebreakers’ mansion
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Classic motorbikes will take over Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, the home of the codebreakers during the Second World War, on Sunday, August 5…
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Buying Guide: Buying a sports bike
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These are the bikes with the unfinished business. The machines we bought as cocksure young things. Kings of the road, winners of the 1991 Whitby TT. Back then we were fast and reckless and we needed the bike to match. Back then we could almost get our knees down – some of us even wore…
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Buying Guide: Buying a sports bike
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These are the bikes with the unfinished business. The machines we bought as cocksure young things. Kings of the road, winners of the 1991 Whitby TT. Back then we were fast and reckless and we needed the bike to match. Back then we could almost get our knees down – some of us even wore…
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CMM trackday spaces almost gone!
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Book now if you want to attend the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics trackday at Donington Park on August 4, as places are going fast…
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