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  • BSA Sloper: it’s my bike

    BSA Sloper: it’s my bike

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    In 1962, before I was born, my father paid £4 for a complete but well used 1928 BSA Sloper. It spent the next nine or so years in boxes with the promise to restore it some day

  • Mine’s a sidecar, my friend!

    Mine’s a sidecar, my friend!

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    Sidecarring was – and probably still is – a way of motorcycling life and one you’re either right in to or wouldn’t touch with a bent exhaust pipe. Mick Payne falls in the former category

  • What I rode in 2010

    What I rode in 2010

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    As the old year ended and the new one began, the journalists of yesteryear – on the Blue Un and Green Un – would round off their riding year with a rundown on what they’d ridden…

  • Norton 800cc dohc

    Norton 800cc dohc

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    Bob Currie tells of Plumstead’s final project, the 800cc double-ohc Norton

  • Buying Guide: Yamaha RD200

    Buying Guide: Yamaha RD200

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    It may have given away 50cc to its bigger brother but Yamaha’s RD200 could give it a good run for its money. Neil Murray reckons the early drum braked model is the one to go for

  • Buying Guide: Honda CB750F

    Buying Guide: Honda CB750F

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    Honda’s CB750F was a desperate attempt to keep its ageing SOHC 750 in the ring with the new DOHC contenders from Kawasaki and Suzuki

  • Kawasaki KX250 A5

    Kawasaki KX250 A5

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    1979 Kawasaki KX250 A5: There’s only a handful of Kawasakis regularly competing on the twinshock circuit. Current Bake and Bite 250 champ Richard Wood wonders why…

  • Buying Guide: BMW R45 and R65

    Buying Guide: BMW R45 and R65

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    The smaller cousins of BMW’s big flat twins, the 450 and 650 differed from the rest of the range in many ways. Forget the slow 450, says Neil Murray and look for a Brembo-braked R65

  • Buying Guide: Benelli 750/900

    Buying Guide: Benelli 750/900

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    Think of six cylinders and you think Honda CBX – but Benelli got there first with its 750. Later came the 900 version but Neil Murray reckons the first was the real classic

  • Road Test: BSA Gold Star Scrambler

    Road Test: BSA Gold Star Scrambler

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    Robin James restores classic motorcycles for a living. But after hours, he continues the development of the Gold Star scrambler he has owned for nearly 15 years

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