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Second part of Rod Gibson’s reassembly of Yamaha’s XT500 single engine

It looks nice and warm at Spa Francorchamps as the grid lines up for round seven of the 1977 500cc world championship. Suzuki could only dream of this sort of pole publicity now…

Just because a bike is good looking doesn’t mean it cost a fortune, as Nick Haskell found out when he spotted something special on the start line at Farleigh Castle

Monark, Husqvarna and Crescent developed the big four-stroke into the ultimate MX tool but, by 1979, such machines had been consigned to the history books, outclassed by the two-strokes. Or had they?

Given the many guises this Swedish thumper has been seen in, then it could be a bit of a chameleon, but this big bike is no lizard but a thoroughbred stallion in the hands of Bill Nilsson and Rolf Tibblin

When the world was young, bold men rode big bikes and the ground shook at their passing, CDB turns back the clock

Well aware of the rumours of exotica hiding within the body of Andy Roberton’s BSA, tester Vic Allan was pleased to find the machine was more a reflection of attention to detail by the builder