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  • Devimead: The racing Masons

    Devimead: The racing Masons

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    Words and Photographs: Peter Crawford and Mason Collection. Synonymous with BSA there was far more to Devimead than parallel twins. They flirted with Bartons and Morinis but Pete Crawford found out that it was with

  • Skip Aksland: What might have been

    Skip Aksland: What might have been

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    Words: Norm DeWitt Photographs: Norm DeWitt and Mortons Archive Skip Aksland was another of the Californians who formed a tidal wave of talent that swept the podiums of the world. Along with Kenny Roberts and Cal

  • The 1974 500cc Italian Grand Prix: A gamble that didn’t pay off

    The 1974 500cc Italian Grand Prix: A gamble that didn’t pay off

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    Words and photographs: Jan Burgers A calculated gamble by Yamaha failed at the Italian Grand Prix. The mistake was in the estimation of the fuel consumption of the 500cc Yamaha four. Jan Burgers continues his

  • And now for something completely different: The Eldee Velocette

    And now for something completely different: The Eldee Velocette

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    Words and photographs Chris Swallow Eagle-eyed observers visiting the Honda museum in Motegi, Japan, will notice soon after paying their yen there is a racing motorcycle devoid of the familiar winged Honda vector. The emblem

  • 1971 revisited: The first ever Anglo-American match races

    1971 revisited: The first ever Anglo-American match races

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    Words: Bruce Cox – Pictures: Mortons Archive and Bruce Cox Collection In more than a decade and a half of racing, the Transatlantic Trophy Series introduced no fewer than seven American World Champions to British fans.

  • Honda 125 Series: A level playing field

    Honda 125 Series: A level playing field

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    Photographs: Mortons Archive and Russ Lee At the beginning of the 1977 road racing season, an all new championship was added to the road racing calendar – the Honda 125cc series. Phil Wain reflects on a

  • Letter: Follow that coach – on a 88c James Comet!

    Letter: Follow that coach – on a 88c James Comet!

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    The letter in OBM (June) about bike shop tours of Liverpool rekindled memories of 1958-59 and my first bikes as a 16-year-old apprentice mechanic on £3 per week.

  • Conquering heroes on three wheels!

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    Nigel Darken tells the story of the ‘Tour de Lard’ – a madcap idea involving two motorcycle combinations and three very secondhand Reliant three-wheelers that raised no less than £27,000 for charity.  

  • The golden years of DMW

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    Well-built and innovative, the West Midlands-manufactured DMW motorcycles were among the most sought-after lightweights of their day, as these Mortons Archive photos show 

  • Ramsgate records shaved

    Ramsgate records shaved

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    George Brown and Reg Gilbert put up new times on the seafront.  

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