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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…
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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…
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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…
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Stocks, Shares and Sheds
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Richard McCann discovers that recession doesn’t only affect valve seats…
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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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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…
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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
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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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Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You
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Even though more of us fell off last year, motorcycling is getting safer. Fact. Martin Gelder wades through the Department for Transport Road Casualties Report to find out what causes motorcycle accidents…