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  • The H1 triple: Kawasaki’s outrageous game-changer

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    It drank like a fish and reared up at the drop of a hat, but Kawasaki’s crazy two-stroke triple certainly got the firm noticed, writes Steve Cooper.  

  • All about the timing

    All about the timing

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    The Brighton Speed Trials, one of the oldest events in the calendar, returned on September 5, 2015, with a varied and competitive entry.  

  • Big day out

    Big day out

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    There was a stronger than anticipated attendance at this season’s National Motorcycle Museum open day. 

  • A life less ordinary

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    Few men in motorcycling led as full a life as the genial, pipe-smoking Italian designer Leopoldo Tartarini, who passed away on September 11 at his home in the hills outside Bologna, at the age of 83. 

  • Cantilever Beezer

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    These days a monoshock or cantilever suspension system is considered ‘normal’, but in 1962 John Wilkinson must have caused a bit of a stir when he turned up at a scramble with this Goldie. 

  • Miller’s ‘other’ Ariel

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    It was well known in the 1960s that Sammy Miller ran two almost identical Ariels –though 786 GON was often sidelined in favour of the more famous GOV 132. 

  • Cholmondeley Pageant of Power: Classic Scramble Demonstration

    Cholmondeley Pageant of Power: Classic Scramble Demonstration

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    The Annual Cholmondeley – pronounced ‘Chumley’ – Pageant of Power takes place every June in the beautiful grounds of Cholmondeley Castle near Whitchurch in rural Cheshire where the Cholmondeley family have lived since Norman times. 

  • 2015 Vets MXDN: Farleigh Castle

    2015 Vets MXDN: Farleigh Castle

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    Speak to any EVO or Twinshock motocross fan and they will probably say the highlight of their season is undoubtedly the Vets MXDN at Farleigh Castle. 

  • A Triumph of ingenuity

    A Triumph of ingenuity

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    A stint as deputy manager for the Vase team in the 1973 ISDT gave Chris Oliver first-hand experience of the Triumph Adventurer based team bikes… handy when he came to build a replica. 

  • RE 250 Crusader MX

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    If the family business is based around Royal Enfield then there’s only one choice of machine for your scrambles debut… we check out Daniel Hitchcock’s Crusader 250 scrambler. 


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