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Triumph Metisse
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Take an ex-125 racer with a background in the bike trade, an old Triumph engine, a load of shiny new Metisse bits – and stir…
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Abingdon King Dick Model 78
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Abingdon King Dick, or the company’s safer internet search name AKD, were early pioneers of the tricycle, motorcycle and took an active lead in the development of its own range of engines, which was unusual and gained the company a lot of respect
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Ariel Huntmaster outfit
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The old adage of what looks right is right applies here. Despite this Huntmaster being the end of the line for Selly Oak, its handsome lines are complemented by an attractive third wheel. Even a reluctant sidecarist is bowled over by this Birmingham-London plot…
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BSA Gold Star test
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For some building a special means searching out the right parts from this catalogue or that brochure, others take a more involved route and make most of the bike themselves. Tim Britton meets up with such an engineer who turned his hand to his BSA Gold Star…
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NSU Sportymax
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We’ve all spent idle hours dreaming up our ideal motorcycle but only a tiny percentage convert their imaginings into metal. One of the few is Irishman Tom Healion who spent six years conceiving and building his 250cc NSU ‘Sportymax’ racer
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SOS DW
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Super Onslow Special and So Obviously Superior were two suggestions what the ‘SOS’ badge stood for. Whatever the terminology, the bike was an appeal to discriminating riders, to try something different in the lightweight utility market…
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Norton Commando: top twin
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Norton’s Commando twin was only ever intended as a stop-gap model to put the Norton name back in the public eye, but the ‘stop-gap’ ran for 10 years and is regarded by many as the finest incarnation of the traditional British parallel twin…
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Triiumph Speed Twin
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Triumph’s Speed Twin was restyled in the late 1950s, its demure appearance suggesting life at a much slower pace…
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Ariel KH
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The Ariel KH perhaps lacked the glamour of some of the other 500cc twins available in the 1950s, but it had a lot going for it…
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Triumph TR6SC
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The TR6SC was ostensibly a single carb version of the TT Bonnie, sharing many of its basic components…
