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  • Little cracker

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    Small capacity classics can offer so much fun as this superb FB Mondial proves. 

  • The ‘Flying Cigar’

    The ‘Flying Cigar’

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    Johnny Allen became famous in 1956 for smashing the absolute speed record for motorcycles in his Triumph streamliner, known to many as the ‘Texas Ceegar,’ or the ‘Flying Cigar.’  

  • Smooth operator

    Smooth operator

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    An aerospace engineer took BMW’s brick and transformed it into an utterly upscale West Coast custom 

  • It ain’t heavy

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    History has all but forgotten the 350 AMC single which came immediately before World War Two. Turns out, it was a pretty nifty performer… 

  • Bevel heaven

    Bevel heaven

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    Ducati’s first production bevel-drive bike was hot stuff in 1956. And, phew, it’s still a little scorcher… 

  • Winter wanderer

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    No great shakes as a superbike, Enfield’s 700 is instead an oddly competent practical classic  

  • Rally to the Isle of Man this year!

    Rally to the Isle of Man this year!

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    As well as all the spectacular racing over the legendary Mountain circuit, 2016 promises to be a truly vintage year on the Isle of Man, with the Diamond Jubilee TT Rally in June and, thanks in no small part to the Isle of Man Section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, the late-summer Classic TT…

  • Honda’s CB500 – the four that shaped the future

    Honda’s CB500 – the four that shaped the future

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    Inspiring, viceless and utterly reliable – Honda’s CB500 four made so much more sense than its larger-capacity brethren that those same virtues still hold true today, writes Steve Cooper.  

  • Honda’s CB500 – the four that shaped the future

    Honda’s CB500 – the four that shaped the future

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    Inspiring, viceless and utterly reliable – Honda’s CB500 four made so much more sense than its larger-capacity brethren that those same virtues still hold true today, writes Steve Cooper.  

  • When 200 Lucky Strike would keep a bike secure!

    When 200 Lucky Strike would keep a bike secure!

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    Geoffrey Le Marquand fondly recalls the time when, as a merchant seaman, he had to find ingenious ways of putting his BSA twin into safe storage while he was away at sea. 

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