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Long wheelbase and lazy steering made cornering with the Ducati slow, but on twisty A-roads a Duke will still give a modern bike a run for its money

Space for a week’s luggage and 200 miles between fuel stops. BMW got it right when they created the RT for long-distance bikers

Peter Glover on the impact of Harley-Davidson’s 1936 overhead-valve Sixty-one

Belgium’s National Armanents factory produced a motorcycle that was well ahead of its time in 1905. But by 1926 it had fallen beind the opposition…

MZs were rarely treated with derision. Amusement, yes, but scorn, never. MZs were simple, robust, characterful, and actually performed pretty well

Service notes specifically for the AJS and Matchless 500cc twins, although it will generally apply to all AMC twins

Reader Andy Jones had been after a Suzuki GT750 for ages to restore. Then, like buses, two came along at once

Don’t knock them. Honda’s C50 step-thru was on every street corner not long ago. Economical, reliable and cheap – they still have a lot to offer

David Dixon tests the Paul Dunstall goody-laden Norton Dominator