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  • Workshop: Suzuki GS750 rebuild part three

    Workshop: Suzuki GS750 rebuild part three

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    After sorting through the pile of bits last month I’m now ready to start reassembling Jason’s GS750 engine…

  • The Mablethorpe Speed Trials, 1924

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    The Motor Cycle described it as a ‘fine and warm day’ in September 1912 when the Nottingham Motorcycle Club set up shop at the Lincolnshire coast for the Mablethorpe Speed Trials…

  • H-D Milestones Post-War

    H-D Milestones Post-War

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    Mike Lewis takes a selective Post-War look at key models from the famous American motorcycle marque, Harley-Davidson…

  • Workshop: Harley-Davidson Sportster service

    Workshop: Harley-Davidson Sportster service

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    The 1200cc vee-twin had delivered three years’ unblemished service to owner Kev but now was the time to visit ‘Dr’ Rod Gibson’s surgery for a medical…

  • Reference: Velocette LE 1948 – 1971

    Reference: Velocette LE 1948 – 1971

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    Velocette’s LE had a long production life, which indicated success, but it also absorbed a colossal post-war investment from the company, which in hindsight arguably did irreparable damage to the manufacturer…

  • Matchless charm

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    The road test of the new 347cc overhead cam single in 1924 revealed its sporting pretensions – and eccentricities…

  • Road Test: Norton ES2 and Matchless G3

    Road Test: Norton ES2 and Matchless G3

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    By the mid-1960s the once-great independent Matchless and Norton motorcycle concerns had been amalgamated and product ranges rationalised, and the two firms – once great rivals – were now producing identical-bar-the-badge machines…

  • Road Test: Neander V-twin

    Road Test: Neander V-twin

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    Visually striking and rarer than hen’s teeth, the Neander certainly stands out, with its designer clearly a man who knew his own mind…

  • Magnificent Vincents

    Magnificent Vincents

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    A stint at the NEC in November 2002 convinces James Robinson that the Black Shadow should be regarded as a pinnacle in British bike history…

  • Road Test: Suzuki GS1000

    Road Test: Suzuki GS1000

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    Twenty-five years ago, the young Rod Ker always thought the GS750 was a better bike than its 1000cc successor. So it’s with some reluctance that we have to report that this test has done nothing to change the churlish Mr. Ker’s mind…


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