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  • Historic Motorcycle Racing

    Historic Motorcycle Racing

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    The BHR classic racing season started last month. Roy Maddox reckons there was a missed opportunity at Mallory…

  • A Classic Introduction

    A Classic Introduction

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    What bike would make the perfect introduction to real classic motorcycling? Vague familiarity or character-building oddness? Paul Miles conducts a scientific experiment on a man called Simon…

  • Opinion: Vive La Rivet-Counter

    Opinion: Vive La Rivet-Counter

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    You might not want to rebuild your classic bike to standard spec, but sometimes it helps if someone else has. Karl Bentley’s BSA A50 may have been modified. Or not. Who knows?

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 32

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 32

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    Have you ever found your ideal classic bike? Frank Westworth has… and more than once!

  • Famous Last Words 21: Preserving Patina

    Famous Last Words 21: Preserving Patina

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    Restoration, Renovation, Recreation? Frank Westworth has been listening to folk at classic bike shows again. He’ll never learn…

  • A Christmas Cracker

    A Christmas Cracker

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    Time for a little nostalgic indulgence. Take a trip back in time to the 1960s as GeofS pays homage to the bikes which could ‘Stop Anything In No Time’…

  • Safety First!

    Safety First!

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    Jim Peace remembers when the warnings on cigarette packets had nothing at all to do with smoking…

  • Famous Last Words 8: If Ethanol Clogs Your Carburettor…

    Famous Last Words 8: If Ethanol Clogs Your Carburettor…

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    Frank Westworth muses upon the meaning of magical metal lurgy…

  • Famous Last Words: New Year Resolution

    Famous Last Words: New Year Resolution

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    You’re reading a website about old bikes, so presumably you like old bikes. But do you ride one? Frank Westworth is dazed and confused…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 24

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 24

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    Did you know that lots and lots of the very best, British-built AJS and Matchless motorcycles were exported to the USA? It came as a surprise to Frank Westworth…

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