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Straight from the plate: The Earls Court Show, 1956
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Probably the biggest and most important event in the motorcycling calendar in the 1950s was the Earls Court Show, held annually. Manufacturers displayed their wares to the buying public, who were presented with the opportunity to see everything that was on offer to them – and some things that weren’t…
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Buying Guide: Aspirational artefacts: Suzuki T500
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Despite the total lack of logic to the basic arithmetic involved, certain machines just somehow conspire to be greater than the sum of their component parts…
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Reference: OK Supreme G39 Flying Cloud
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OK Supreme’s Flying Cloud was one of the most romantically named motorcycles and this example inspired an emotional reunion, more than 60 years after its manufacture…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha YR2C
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Yamaha’s 350cc YR2C may be rare in the UK, but that’s because the twin cylinder street scrambler was aimed fair and square at the US market. It was another landmark product for Yamaha…
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Road Test: AJS H1
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This AJS V-twin combination has benefited from a number of tweaks by its owner, classic motorcycle restoration guru Robin James…
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Reference: AJS Model 22
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The 250cc AJS Model 22 is quite a rarity, though its combination of ‘big bike’ feel and dimensions, plus a willing little engine, should make it a winner…
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Road Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader
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Taking a humble 250cc unit four-stroke and turning it into a successful trials machine takes a bit of knowledge and ability. Classic Dirtbike compares two different specialist approaches to the same end – a BSA C15 and Royal Enfield Crusader…
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Road Test: Rickman Street Metisse
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The components for this Rickman Metisse were all bought in the classic period, but never assembled into a complete machine until 2003. It shows that though Don and Derek Rickman were off-road specialists, the twosome also made high quality road kit too…
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Road Test: Triumph T120 Bonneville
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The 1968 Triumph Bonneville was the culmination of the company’s quest to marry ‘precision, power and performance’ and is arguably its best ever twin…
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Last gasp victory
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Things couldn’t have been tighter in the third Anglo-American Match Races, run over a cold and sometimes damp Easter weekend in 1973…
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