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  • 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.

  • 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.  

  • Cafe society

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    The label ‘classic’ is applied to all sorts of things from music to architecture through films and furniture – the Gold Star is a motorcycle for which the word could have been invented. 

  • The Cunliffe Brough

    The Cunliffe Brough

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    At the Stalybridge Speed Trials, Jack Cunliffe launches his Brough-Superior  

  • Mystery train

    Mystery train

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    This oil-in-frame 650cc T120 Bonneville emerged from the confusion of the Meriden blockade. Today it pulls like a train – but is a bit of a mystery… 

  • Small but strong

    Small but strong

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    The BSA C11 was a solid, workmanlike motorcycle, possessing many of the attributes of its bigger brethren, presented in a pint-sized package.  

  • UneXpected pleasure

    UneXpected pleasure

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    A big, overweight, wobbly sidecar tug, right? Well, no, that’s not what the late Matchless Model X is at all.  

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