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Farther, faster
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For some high mileage sports riders of the 1970s, the standard R90S wasn’t quite sufficient
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Four play
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In a large shed at Kitts Green, a few miles from Birmingham city centre, Dennis Poore assembled a team to try and save the British motorcycle industry.
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In full flight
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Some bikes are icons from the outset. Not so this idiosyncratic 350. But it’s strangely successful as a classic steed…
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Striking Gold!
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A conversation between Robert Davies from CBG and restorer Peter Collins provides much food for thought for potential rebuilders….
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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.
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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.
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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…
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A social history of motorcycling- Part 4: The One Percenters (1947-1950)
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In this series of extracts from his forthcoming book, Mike Lewis looks at the evolution of social motorcycling in Britain and the USA.
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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.
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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.
