Road Tests

  • Road Test: Paton PG500R

    Road Test: Paton PG500R

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    Team Paton was the most enduring privateer effort in Grand Prix racing, with a presence in the world’s top championship, which began in 1967 with the four-stroke twin-effort and, with a short break, ran through until 2001. Malc Wheeler rides the last of the great privateer GP bikes…

  • Road Test: Brough Superior SS80 Special

    Road Test: Brough Superior SS80 Special

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    University professor Mike Starr admits it was the mystique surrounding the marque which caused him to consider ownership of what must be one of the world’s most famous motorcycles. It’s a stunning example and we can only imagine how our writer felt when offered a test ride…

  • Road Test: Ariel Leader

    Road Test: Ariel Leader

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    ‘The modern motorcycle’, so proclaimed Ariel advertising slogans. And when the Leader was introduced, the firm could really be considered the makers of such a thing…

  • Road Test: Honda CB1100F

    Road Test: Honda CB1100F

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    Honda’s CB1100F was the last of its classic air-cooled fours and although overshadowed by the exotic CB1100R production racer still pulls a hefty punch with a 140mph top speed…

  • Road Test: Cotton Blackburne

    Road Test: Cotton Blackburne

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    Cotton, as a motorcycle manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked. Best of all, the frame allowed all of the performance to be used. Roy Poynting explains…

  • Road Test: Harley-Davidson V-Rod

    Road Test: Harley-Davidson V-Rod

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    After a lengthy buttering up period, Terry Clark’s wife relented and agreed to the purchase of Harley Davidson’s V-Rod. But was it an expensive mistake?

  • Road Test: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide

    Road Test: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide

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    Buy a Harley-Davidson and enter a world of knuckleheads, springers, flatheads, softails, early shovels, and a lifestyle like no other, Richard Rosenthal samples a taste of the American Dream, and comes away impressed – sort of…

  • Road Test: Norvil Commando

    Road Test: Norvil Commando

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    Sometimes steady modification and improvements aren’t just quite enough and a radical rethink is necessary. Rod Ker tells the tale of how Norvil continues to prove that the twin is anything but dead…

  • Road Test: Kawasaki H1 500

    Road Test: Kawasaki H1 500

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    Thirty years on, the 500 Kawasaki two stroke triple’s fearsome reputation for all-or-nothing engine power delivery seems over-exaggerated. However, it still provides excitement by the shed load, and at the time it must have been like being hit on the back of the head with a baseball bat. Rod Ker tries one out…

  • Road Test: Ducati 125 Sport

    Road Test: Ducati 125 Sport

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    Racing success and track development led to full showroom order books for Ducati’s road lightweights

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