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  • Opinion: The Rise Of The Japanese Industry

    Opinion: The Rise Of The Japanese Industry

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    How did Japan’s motorcycle industry come to inherit the market position which the British bike business once held? Steve Cooper of the VJMC makes some suggestions…

  • Classic Japanese Motorcycle News

    Classic Japanese Motorcycle News

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    Steve Cooper from the VJMC brings us up to date with some information about next year’s Uttoxeter Show, and contemplates the value of originality…

  • Famous Last Words 15: Maintenance Breeds Reliability

    Famous Last Words 15: Maintenance Breeds Reliability

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    Prevention is better than cure. Maintenance breeds reliability. Frank Westworth finds no comfort in these fine sentiments…

  • It Takes All Sorts

    It Takes All Sorts

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    Steve Cooper of the VJMC considers collectors, fettlers and hoarders of classic Japanese motorcycles…

  • Modern ‘Classics’

    Modern ‘Classics’

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    What is the attraction of a modern ‘classic’ motorcycle? Paul

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 21

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 21

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    Different strokes for different folks. Frank Westworth remembers a great British stroker…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 28

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 28

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    Maligned by many, AJS and Matchless lightweights can be a lot of fun. Frank Westworth, no lightweight, tries to convince himself…

  • Opinion: If Banks Were Old Bikes

    Opinion: If Banks Were Old Bikes

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    The Great British public seem to have bought a basket case. Phil Speakman* applies his experience with old clunkers to the current credit crisis-crash-crunch kerfuffle…

  • Famous Last Words 35: Motorcycles Old, New, Classic and Retro

    Famous Last Words 35: Motorcycles Old, New, Classic and Retro

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    Old bikes are old bikes are old bikes, says Frank Westworth. Except, of course, when they’re new…

  • Bruce Pollard

    Bruce Pollard

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    One of life’s genuine real classic riders rode over the horizon in early 2011. Jim Reynolds pays tribute to him…

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