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  • Reference: Matchless G50

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    When Associated Motor Cycles’ engineers enlarged the 350cc AJS 7R to make the 500cc Matchless G50, one of the best looking racers of all time was created…

  • Reference: BSA S26

    Reference: BSA S26

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    BSA made its name on the back of solid, dependable machines, just like this one, suitable for hard work without complaint…

  • Top bikes of the Seventies: 2

    Top bikes of the Seventies: 2

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    Getting closer to John Nutting’s final choice. Motorcycle league positions in this part are 20 down to 11…

  • Road Test: Vincent-Norton Viscount

    Road Test: Vincent-Norton Viscount

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    Though this Vincent-Norton hybrid machine may be described by some as a ‘special’ it was intended as the forerunner of series production…

  • Ariel Huntmaster rebuild: 8

    Ariel Huntmaster rebuild: 8

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    Tin should not be damaged by fire. Frank Westworth discovers that you should never believe your own eyes. One of the reasons I was happy to pay out five hundred of HM’s most excellent pound notes for what may appear to have been a pile of scrap was because the toasted remnant had all of…

  • Reference: BSA A65 Spitfire Hornet

    Reference: BSA A65 Spitfire Hornet

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    As rarities go, they don’t come much more unusual than this US-only off-road BSA A65 competition twin…

  • Road Test: BSA C10L

    Road Test: BSA C10L

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    Never likely to set the pulses racing and often dismissed as ‘grey porridge’ and heaved onto the scrap man’s wagon, this BSA C10L – so representative of an era – is now a rarity. And that’s a real shame, because it has a charm which was overlooked when originally on sale. James Robinson explains…

  • Road Test: Triumph Bonneville

    Road Test: Triumph Bonneville

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    With the Triumph Bonneville celebrating its silver jubilee, the VMCC chose to offer up one such machine for their Christmas raffle prize. Always keen on a bargain, Jim Reynolds went to sample his quid’s worth…

  • Ending a 12 year hurt

    Ending a 12 year hurt

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    Peter Williams, Norton factory rider and designer of the team’s new monocoque-framed machine, gave the company a well-overdue victory in the 1973 Formula 750 TT…

  • Reference: A Triumphant tale

    Reference: A Triumphant tale

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    Triumph specialist Hughie Hancox spent many happy years at Meriden and had a ‘right royal time’. Here he shares some anecdotes, from archery in the Packing Department to covering up for test rider Percy Tait when a policeman chased him into the factory canteen…

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