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  • The first twin

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    Valentine Page designed a 650cc Triumph four years before Edward Turner’s 500cc Speed Twin. In many ways, the earlier machine was the more advanced.  

  • When two men go to work

    When two men go to work

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    The enthusiasm, passion and hard graft of a father and son duo has resulted in a museum dedicated to charting the history of one France’s ‘big four’ motorcycle makers. 

  • Green day

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    Aermacchi’s road going efforts have never enjoyed much publicity, which, as this rare five-speed Ala Verde (Green Wing)  

  • Extra special

    Extra special

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    If ecomonic constraints had not been such a dominant factor at Hall Green, this very special KSS could have been released under the Velocette name in the 1950s. This one-of-a-kind example was built in period, making it all the more remarkable. 

  • The bronze racers

    The bronze racers

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    Abandoned since 1939, these tarnished bronze racers sit patiently waiting for their chance to shine once more. 

  • Goffy’s light fantastic!

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    Mick Payne discovers many ways of improving the lighting performance of classic motorcycles as he talks to Paul Goff.  

  • Sand, rails and motorcycles

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    Neil Cairns outlines the historical links between motorcycles and an old narrow gauge industrial line in Bedfordshire as he tells of the growing success of the ‘Sand and Motorcycles’ event at the Leighton Buzzard Railway, now in its seventh year. 

  • 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 Club and photos from the Mortons Archive, Pete Kelly recounts the history of one of the most popular lightweights of…

  • Motorcycling most fowl

    Motorcycling most fowl

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    Mark Williams meets a man whose mission in life is making BSA’s modest little workhouse a force to be reckoned with. 

  • User friendly

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    Forget ankle-snapping big singles with racing gear ratios and agonising riding positions. Try something more civilised from the house of the horse 

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