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  • The ‘lightweights’ that time forgot

    The ‘lightweights’ that time forgot

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    Time was slowly running out for Associated Motor Cycles when it launched its new-style 250cc overhead-valve singles in 1958 – but were the sturdy and neat-looking AJS and Matchless models the best they could have offered? asks Pete Kelly. 

  • The story of the Ormonde

    The story of the Ormonde

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    Modern literature often relates the decline of the British and continental motorcycle industry in the 1950s and 1960s. Arguably the rot set in before the First World War. 

  • Vitesse with finesse

    Vitesse with finesse

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    An exhaustive search led to the resurrection of an incredibly rare, but quite fabulous, model. 

  • Motorcycles dominate at the Land’s End Trial

    Motorcycles dominate at the Land’s End Trial

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    Previously an event favoured equally by those of the two-, three- and four-wheeled persuasion, the 1953 Land’s End Trial was one in which the motorcycles took centre stage. 

  • Trying times

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    Have you ever been to a museum and wanted to ‘have a go’ on the exhibits? Now, the National Motorcycle Museum has decided to allow that to happen.  

  • Pretty special

    Pretty special

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    This attractive 500cc replica of a Production TT winner started life as a 350cc Viper.  

  • Henry’s Cat

    Henry’s Cat

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    It’s a Triumph of course, but Henry Pinney’s 500 twin is more than it appears to be  

  • Make it so

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    It takes some audacity to dismantle an original old bike to create your first classic custom – but the results of a good build can be simply brilliant. Go on. Be brave… 

  • Standing tall

    Standing tall

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    As the new Bonnevilles go on sale, so the old Scrambler will be discontinued. No problem: just build your own 

  • Gentleman’s relish

    Gentleman’s relish

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    Tired of clip-ons and rearsets? We recommend something altogether more refined  

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