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  • From the archive: Born to perform?

    From the archive: Born to perform?

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    Pete Kelly turns to the Mortons Motorcycle Archive once again to see how the reporters of the day saw three entirely different kinds of motorcycles named after famous race circuits.

  • A brief history of motorcycle sidecars

    A brief history of motorcycle sidecars

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    Uncommon as they are today, sidecars are an interesting footnote in motorcycling history…

  • Geoff Duke: First global superstar of racing

    Geoff Duke: First global superstar of racing

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    Geoff Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing, the first to win three successive world championships and the first to win two in the same year.

  • From the archive: The 2015 Sachsenring Classic – 80 years of motorcycle racing in one weekend

    From the archive: The 2015 Sachsenring Classic – 80 years of motorcycle racing in one weekend

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    A total of 650 riders competed at the ADAC-Sachsenring-Classic in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in former East Germany. Thousands of spectators came to see the stars during the three-day event like in the old days before the iron

  • From our archive: The BSA Bantam: something worth crowing about

    From our archive: The BSA Bantam: something worth crowing about

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    Hands up all those who’ve never owned or ridden a BSA Bantam! Even if your arm’s in the air, you probably know someone who did or still does! With the help of the BSA Bantam

  • From the Archive: On the Weekend – 2016 Vets MXdN

    From the Archive: On the Weekend – 2016 Vets MXdN

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    Words: Vets MXdN and Pics: Nick Haskell A victorious Team Belgium celebrated a sensational double victory at this year’s Vets MXdN at Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire on September 3-4, as they claimed top honours in

  • Discovering the beautiful 1961 BSA Super Rocket

    Discovering the beautiful 1961 BSA Super Rocket

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    When John Foster first laid eyes on this BSA Super Rocket he was actually in the market for a Velocette, but the stunning pre-unit Beezer was enough to sway John’s affections on the spot.

  • From the archive: What happened to this much-travelled AJS?

    From the archive: What happened to this much-travelled AJS?

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    Mark Gooding tells the story of his late father-in-law’s 1952 350cc AJS, OMA 859, now thought to be fitted with a 500cc engine, and wonders if any Old Bike Mart reader can help him trace

  • From the Archive: A touch of déjà vu

    From the Archive: A touch of déjà vu

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    When Triumph’s twin engine needed a better chassis for ISDT use, eyes turned to Hampshire and Eric Cheney’s workshop. On the face of it Triumph’s twin, designed in the 1930s, ought not to have still

  • From the Archive: Pre-TT Classic May 30-31 2015

    From the Archive: Pre-TT Classic May 30-31 2015

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    An emotional Jamie Coward paid tribute to Ted Woolf and the people who had stood by him after a shattered lower left leg ruled him out for much of 2014. John Watterson shares his story

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