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  • The ‘Black Bomber’ and beyond – what went wrong?

    The ‘Black Bomber’ and beyond – what went wrong?

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    Steve Cooper pulls no punches as he looks back on the 1965 UK debut of Honda’s first technically brilliant ‘big twin’, the CB450, and the enlarged 500T that followed.

  • Throwback to Festival of Legends 2016

    Throwback to Festival of Legends 2016

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    The weather is a major concern for any event organiser and the track record for the UK recently hadn’t been that good.

  • The 2015 Bikers’ Classics Spa: July 3-5

    The 2015 Bikers’ Classics Spa: July 3-5

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    During the 13th edition of the Bikers’ Classics on the legendary circuit at Spa-Francorchamps competitors and spectators suffered from a heatwave with temperatures up to 37ºC. Jan Burgers suffered the heat to bring us the

  • Colin Seeley: The machines, The magic, The man

    Colin Seeley: The machines, The magic, The man

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    There are some people who’ve done little. There are some people who’ve done a lot. There are others who’ve done more than that. Then there was Colin Seeley.

  • From the Archive: Make yourself at home at the Victoria Bikers’ Pub

    From the Archive: Make yourself at home at the Victoria Bikers’ Pub

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    If you like the company of fellow motorcyclists in an atmosphere of live music, real ale and no-fuss British food, lots of rideouts and bike gatherings throughout the year, the Victoria Bikers’ Pub could be

  • 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 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

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