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  • NVT Rotary

    NVT Rotary

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    It’s fifty-five years since the first practical Wankel rotary engine was built by NSU in Germany. John Nutting was one of the first journalists to ride a rotary-engined motorcycle when Norton-Villiers-Triumph revealed its ultra-smooth prototype in the 70s…

  • Royal Enfield Constellation

    Royal Enfield Constellation

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    Royal Enfield’s heavyweight twins never enjoyed the success or the popularity of their contemporaries but Jim Reynolds reckons they were equally as good, if not better. Here he gets all star-struck about a Constellation…

  • Kawasaki 250 S1

    Kawasaki 250 S1

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    Still drop dead gorgeous and probably the best looking 250 of the 70s, the Kawasaki S1 inspires many a middle aged man to relive his teens…

  • Stud issues

    Stud issues

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    A motorcycle strip-down will often stall with fasteners stubbornly stuck in situ. Before resorting to the electric drill, a range of agents, planned force and tools often removes all but the most awkward customers…

  • Triumph Tiger Cub

    Triumph Tiger Cub

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    The pretty Triumph Tiger Cub has always attracted a fair following, which continues to be the case

  • Brough Superior SS80

    Brough Superior SS80

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    Examination of a university academic’s Brough Superior proves it to be in a class of its own

  • Yamaha RD350B buying guide

    Yamaha RD350B buying guide

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    Stories of 750 owners being traumatised by a well-ridden Yamaha 350 are not the stuff of legend, rather, a very well documented fact. It’s realistically now very difficult to convey just what a complete package the Yamaha 350 was. Ostensibly a 350 in a 250 frame, the model was a performance ground breaker…

  • Suzuki GT750: part two

    Suzuki GT750: part two

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    In part one Rod Gibson started the reassembly of our project ‘Kettle’, Suzuki’s three-cylinder two stroke GT750. Now the wheels can go on to the chassis, and the engine begins to take shape…

  • Panther Model 100

    Panther Model 100

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    There’s much can be said about Yorkshire folk, but one thing in their favour is their thrift. So it was with Phelon & Moore, motorcycle manufacturers of Cleckheaton. Why make a new engine when the old one is perfectly adequate? Phil Mather finds a Panther Model 100 which proves the point…

  • BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader

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    Taking a humble 250cc unit four-stroke and turning it into a successful trials machine takes a bit of knowledge and ability. Classic Dirtbike compares two different specialist approaches to the same end – a BSA C15T and Royal Enfield Crusader…

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