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Despite a modest competition budget, Birmingham maker New Imperial won six IoM TT victories and many top 10 places. Recalling this record, one asks – how? It’s impossible to understand New Imp’s housekeeping but we can look at and read between the lines of the IoM record. 

Zenith’s Gradua gear gave it such an advantage in the days of single speeders, that the authorities banned it. The Surrey-based firm, though, sensed an opportunity for publicity…  

That’s all this beautiful 1956 Tiger 110 Triumph has had. Though its original owner sold it in 1961, it was left to him in the second owner’s will. 

The ASI MotoShow is a real celebration of motorcycling, with a hugely diverse amount of stunning machinery taking to the track.  

The start of the 1967 Ulster Grand Prix. But all is not, perhaps, as it seems 

Not quite faster than light, BSA’s fire-breathing beast was once the quickest 650 twin in town 

Smooth, sophisticated, almost civilised. But have the later Jotas lost their je ne sais quoi?