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  • 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…

  • Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 2

    Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 2

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    By 1976, Mocheck were enjoying enough success on the circuits that the company produced and sold a proddie race replica. John Ryan rode less and spent more time spannering, and shares a selection of his classic photographic memories of the era…

  • Opinion: London Bike Shows – Excel vs Ally Pally

    Opinion: London Bike Shows – Excel vs Ally Pally

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    This year – this week, in fact – there have been two competing motorcycle shows in London. Martin Gelder tries to pick a winner while making

  • Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

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    How do we define ourselves? By our jobs, the way we dress, or the music we like? By the bikes we ride or lust after? Episode two from Trevor Oz Brooks…

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