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  • The great escape artist

    The great escape artist

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    Triumph’s desert sled makes a perfect getaway 

  • Moto Guzzi museum

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    For many Moto Guzzi enthusiasts, a pilgrimage to Mandello del Lario fulfils a lifetime ambition. Take a whistlestop tour with Frank Melling.

  • BSA Unit Twins: Brummie beef

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    Almost the last advertising slogan for BSA 650 twins was ‘Delicate They Ain’t’. This is almost true. The unit construction machines offer a wide range of practical classics 

  • A balancing act

    A balancing act

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    If in 1922 the IoM TT races were regarded as the premier motorcycling speed event, then the ACU Six Days Trials was the leading reliability test. Riders strived for gold medals, makers to showcase new models and organisers endeavoured to run a fair but tough trial. Simple? Well, actually not so simple, and controversy reigned…

  • 10,000 miles on Triumph TRWs

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    Eight 1957 Triumph TRWs attempted to cover 10,000 miles over the span of three countries, a motocross track, Britain’s toughest mountain pass, highways, byways and motorways – a tall order for motorcycles that are nearly 60 years old… though the Triumph TRW was designed with challenging scenarios in mind. 

  • Little cracker

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    Small capacity classics can offer so much fun as this superb FB Mondial proves. 

  • The ‘Flying Cigar’

    The ‘Flying Cigar’

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    Johnny Allen became famous in 1956 for smashing the absolute speed record for motorcycles in his Triumph streamliner, known to many as the ‘Texas Ceegar,’ or the ‘Flying Cigar.’  

  • Smooth operator

    Smooth operator

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    An aerospace engineer took BMW’s brick and transformed it into an utterly upscale West Coast custom 

  • It ain’t heavy

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    History has all but forgotten the 350 AMC single which came immediately before World War Two. Turns out, it was a pretty nifty performer… 

  • Bevel heaven

    Bevel heaven

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    Ducati’s first production bevel-drive bike was hot stuff in 1956. And, phew, it’s still a little scorcher… 

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