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  • BSA Cyclemotor

    BSA Cyclemotor

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    The BSA Cyclemotor was an ingenius, lightweight (27Ib) power unit which incorporated a gear drive through a three plate clutch. With claims of 25mph and an average fuel consumption of around 200mpg, it was a must have…

  • Mercury

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    Last of the Mercuries. Over the years there have been some pretty bizarre ways of acquiring a delectable piece of machinery – but have you ever thought of getting your hair cut?

  • Honda CBR600

    Honda CBR600

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    Motorcyclists in 1999 have grown used to the idea that Honda’s CBR600 has been consistently the best selling machine of its class. It’s almost a permanent fixture at the top of the sports bike chart. But it wasn’t always like that…

  • Grindlay-Peerless 500

    Grindlay-Peerless 500

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    The ‘Ton for an hour’ Bill Lacey Grindlay-Peerless comes back to life. But there’s always one know-it-all sourpuss hanging around, don’t you find? Like the one at the Brooklands Reunion Day gathering who, after studying Gerry Belton’s restored 500cc flyer, just had to say his piece…

  • Classic camera: Lady rider, November 1911

    Classic camera: Lady rider, November 1911

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    Eminent lady motorcyclist Mrs M C Cooke poses with a twin-cylinder Douglas; riding it was her first try of a two-pot machine, most of her experience of riding in the half dozen years she’d been a regular participant having been undertaken on a specially modified, single-speed Triumph…

  • Reference: Know your Monobloc

    Reference: Know your Monobloc

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    Four phase check for economy and performance on Amal’s popular Monobloc motorcycle carburettor by Don Bridgewood…

  • Honda CB400F

    Honda CB400F

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    Honda’s CB400F four of 1978 was a ground-breaking machine, a little bike with a big heart that took to the race track with glee…

  • Road Test: Harley-Davidson SS350

    Road Test: Harley-Davidson SS350

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    We all know Harley-Davidsons, right? Made in Milwaukee, thundering great V-twin engines, pistons the size of dustbins, low-revving, weigh about the same as a Cadillac? Not necessarily…

  • Watsonian-JAP

    Watsonian-JAP

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    Bob Currie explains the background to the one-and-only 998cc Watsonian-JAP, now added to the National Motorcycle Museum collection. But Watsonian made sidecars, didn’t they?

  • Royal Enfield Continental GT

    Royal Enfield Continental GT

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    The cafe racer from Redditch. We test Royal Enfield’s Continental GT

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