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  • Workshop: Vincent valve overhaul

    Workshop: Vincent valve overhaul

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    The method used to open a Vincent’s valves is quite unusual. The valve stem is made with two guide location diameters and the cylinder head holds the lower guide whilst the upper one fits into a machined location and is held in place. We explain…

  • Moto Guzzi V50

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    Gavin Hodge writes about his restoration of the popular V50 Moto Guzzi

  • Harley-Davidson 45

    Harley-Davidson 45

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    Often overlooked by those who revel in more technically ad­vanced machines, the venerable old side-valve Harley-Davidson vee-twins are now coming into their own. Classics with a design so typically American

  • Triumph T140 flat tracker

    Triumph T140 flat tracker

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    Flat track racing opened up when the rules were relaxed to allow aftermarket developed parts. OBM checks out a typical racer from the 1970s

  • Island racer

    Island racer

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    If you’d to define the word ‘classic’ in motorcycle terms then Norton’s Manx racing models would be at the top of the list. But, what are they like to ride? OBM popped along to a Master Class at Cadwell Park to find out

  • Moto Guzzi Lodola

    Moto Guzzi Lodola

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    The Moto Guzzi Lodola pictured here has an enviable competition history. Used by Italian Gianfranco Saini, it participated in two of the prestigious International Six Days Trials during the 60s. Cristiano Morello relates the tale…

  • Road Test: Harley-Davidson XR1000

    Road Test: Harley-Davidson XR1000

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    Neil Murray shatters the Surrey peace when he gets aboard an extremely rare, fire-breathing, road-going replica of their all-conquering Harley-Davidson US dirt track racers of the Seventies…

  • Ariel 4G and Watsonian

    Ariel 4G and Watsonian

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    Double adult Watsonian ‘Warwick’ sidecar partnered to Ariel’s Sqaure Four. What a combination!

  • 1938 Earls Court Motorcycle Show

    1938 Earls Court Motorcycle Show

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    Machines ranging from motorised bicycles at £17 17s to a gold-finished luxury four-cylinder motorcycle at £185

  • Douglas Ladies

    Douglas Ladies

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    Motorcycles aimed at lady riders were common once. Tim Holmes recounts the story of one such model.

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