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  • 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. 

  • A fabulous ride – but understanding Alzheimer’s is vitally important too

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    Mick Payne looks back on the first part of Team Katy’s eventful ‘4 Corners 4 Alzheimer’s’ journey on a Jawa/Velorex outfit – including a stark reminder of the kind of things the awful disease can do to a much-loved partner.  

  • The H1 triple: Kawasaki’s outrageous game-changer

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    It drank like a fish and reared up at the drop of a hat, but Kawasaki’s crazy two-stroke triple certainly got the firm noticed, writes Steve Cooper.  

  • All about the timing

    All about the timing

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    The Brighton Speed Trials, one of the oldest events in the calendar, returned on September 5, 2015, with a varied and competitive entry.  

  • Big day out

    Big day out

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    There was a stronger than anticipated attendance at this season’s National Motorcycle Museum open day. 

  • A life less ordinary

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    Few men in motorcycling led as full a life as the genial, pipe-smoking Italian designer Leopoldo Tartarini, who passed away on September 11 at his home in the hills outside Bologna, at the age of 83. 

  • 2015 Vets MXDN: Farleigh Castle

    2015 Vets MXDN: Farleigh Castle

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    Speak to any EVO or Twinshock motocross fan and they will probably say the highlight of their season is undoubtedly the Vets MXDN at Farleigh Castle. 

  • A Triumph of ingenuity

    A Triumph of ingenuity

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    A stint as deputy manager for the Vase team in the 1973 ISDT gave Chris Oliver first-hand experience of the Triumph Adventurer based team bikes… handy when he came to build a replica. 

  • RE 250 Crusader MX

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    If the family business is based around Royal Enfield then there’s only one choice of machine for your scrambles debut… we check out Daniel Hitchcock’s Crusader 250 scrambler. 


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