Reviews

  • The complete story of the Matchless Colliers

    The complete story of the Matchless Colliers

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    Many TT fans will know that Charles R Collier, riding a Matchless, won the 1907 single-cylinder class over 10 laps of the original St John’s course, a distance of 158.125 miles, in 4hrs 8min 8sec

  • Joey Dunlop: a real racer’s life

    Joey Dunlop: a real racer’s life

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      This softback biography of TT legend William Joseph Dunlop is one of the few publications on this subject to

  • Book Review: Edward Turner – the man behind the motorcycles

    Book Review: Edward Turner – the man behind the motorcycles

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      Foreword by: John R Nelson MA (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E. Veloce Classic Reprint Series Published by: Veloce Publishing Ltd, Veloce House, Parkway Farm Business Park, Middle Farm Way, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 3AR Tel: 01305 260068

  • Overland to Vietnam

    Overland to Vietnam

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    On his earlier expeditions, Gordon G May rode a BSA Bantam to the pyramids of Egypt, and then a Royal

  • Book Review: “Isle of Man TT – The Golden Years 1947-1962 Volume Two”

    Book Review: “Isle of Man TT – The Golden Years 1947-1962 Volume Two”

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    Author: Mick Duckworth Published by: Lily Publications Ltd, PO Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man, IM99 4LP www.lilypublications.co.uk Fax: +44 (0) 1624 898 446 Hardback, 210 x 205mm (landscape); 96 pages with over 110 photographs

  • Book Review: A truly Matchless apprenticeship

    Book Review: A truly Matchless apprenticeship

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    Pete Kelly reviews Bill Cakebread’s newly-reprinted and wonderfully-evocative story of life in London during and just after the war, and his apprenticeship and early working life at AMC’s long-vanished Plumstead Road factory. Every now and

  • Book Review: The Panther Story

    Book Review: The Panther Story

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      The Story of Phelon & Moore – Revised edition Author: Barry M Jones Published by: Barry M Jones, Unit 2, Rustic Crafts Workshop, Bixley Lane, Beckley, Rye, East Sussex TN31 6TH (First published by

  • Tritons, TriBSAs and much more besides…

    Tritons, TriBSAs and much more besides…

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    Mention the words ‘café racer’ and many of us will go all bleary-eyed as we remember the Tritons and TriBSAs of old, gleaming in the sunshine with their race-style alloy tanks, clip-ons and rear-sets, alloy

  • Book Review: The Honda Gold Wing

    Book Review: The Honda Gold Wing

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      Classic Four-Cylinder Bikes Author: Peter Rakestrow Published by: Amberley Publishing, The Hill, Merrywalks, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4EP Tel: 01453 847823 Email: [email protected] www.amberley-books.com Softback, 165 x 235mm (portrait); 96 pages with approx. 100 photographs.

  • The Motorcycle Files: insider info

    The Motorcycle Files: insider info

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    As you might imagine, after decades in the business of thrashing fast bikes around race tracks, journalist Alan Cathcart has


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