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  • Trade Tales: Paul Goff

    Trade Tales: Paul Goff

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    We all know what it’s like to browse the trade stalls at classic bike shows. But what’s life like on the other side of the trestle table? Paul Goff shares a working weekend in the life of an autojumbler…

  • Famous Last Words 31: Almost Any Motorcycle is a Delight

    Famous Last Words 31: Almost Any Motorcycle is a Delight

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    Frank Westworth has inadvertently encouraged someone to buy a classic BSA C15. This may be an offence punishable on summary conviction…

  • Doris Lowe, Her Motorcycling Life – Part 2

    Doris Lowe, Her Motorcycling Life – Part 2

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    David Wright continues the story of a remarkable motorcyclist who took part in trials and displays; rode the largest capacity British bike of its time, and worked behind the scenes for decades for grassroots clubs and the national ACU…

  • Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 1

    Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 1

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    Back in the 1970s, Mocheck of Clapham fielded an array of racers. John Ryan shares a selection of his photographic memories of the time, from the track and back at the shop…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 20

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 20

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    If you want to ride your classic bike roughshod, then you simply can’t beat the real thing! Frank Westworth’s been playing in the dirt…

  • The British Two-Stroke Conundrum

    The British Two-Stroke Conundrum

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    There came a point when both Panther and Ariel stopped building their traditional four-stroke motorcycles and switched over to two-stroke production. David Bullivant has a theory which explains why…

  • IF: Poetry Corner

    IF: Poetry Corner

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    “IF you can torque your head when all about you, Are warping theirs and blaming it on you…” So wrote Dockyard Kipling, with a bit of help from Dave off of the RC Message Board…

  • Showing Off

    Showing Off

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    Steve Cooper of the VJMC gets controversial with his feelings about show-going trophy-hunters whose classic bikes don’t… actually… work…

  • Stocks, Shares and Sheds

    Stocks, Shares and Sheds

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    Richard McCann discovers that recession doesn’t only affect valve seats…

  • Famous Last Words 20: Emerging Classics

    Famous Last Words 20: Emerging Classics

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    Why do so many of us apparently need to categorise everything? Frank Westworth is bemused by the notion of an emerging classic…

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