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  • All this and a barbie too – a great weekend with the Culm Vale club

    All this and a barbie too – a great weekend with the Culm Vale club

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    En route to Devon during their marathon sidecar tour to help and publicise the work of The Alzheimer’s Society, Mike Payne and Kate call in at the friendly and relaxed Culm Vale Sidecar Club Rally. 

  • Middleweights make so much sense

    Middleweights make so much sense

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    While large-capacity Japanese classics remain breathtaking to ride, many older enthusiasts are returning to the all-round virtues of the 500cc middleweight. Steve Cooper sets the theme for his next few articles. 

  • Dance of the Dragonfly

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    Douglas’s fame was built upon its legendary fore-and-aft flat twins and its huge contribution to the 1914-18 war effort. The marque reached the height of its achievement in the 1920s and early 30s. 

  • Sportster revisited

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    Whatever happens to old road test bikes? Phil Mather comes face to face with a favourite from the distant past and discovers the years have changed very little  

  • RAPIDE INDEED

    RAPIDE INDEED

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    There are several racing Vincents. The Australian way of racing Vincents is fairly extraordinary 

  • Golden moment

    Golden moment

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    While prices of Triumph and Norton twins have risen steadily, BSA’s pre-unit 650 is still eminently affordable. It’s also (don’t tell anyone) a better bike in many respects… 

  • A walk in the woods with world champions

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    IMOLA – MOTOCROSS MECCA When talk turns to Imola it usually concerns a close fought bike or car race – there have been a few – and sadly that it was on the notorious Tamburello curve where Ayrton Senna was killed in 1994. Imola’s 5km Enzo e Dino circuit, which runs anti-clockwise and incorporates a…

  • Doing the Double: Freddie Spencer’s story

    Doing the Double: Freddie Spencer’s story

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    After Freddie Spencer won his first 500cc title in 1983 at 21, making him the youngest person to do so, Honda created the radical NSR500 V4 for the following year. Teething problems and a broken collarbone relegated him to fourth in the championship, despite three race wins. Fast Freddie tells Alan Cathcart about the road…

  • Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland

    Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland

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    Scotland has only had two road racing world champions, Fergus Kenrick Anderson and John Robert Taylor, better known as Jock Taylor. Both were later killed taking part in the sport they loved. Chris Carter takes up the story. 

  • Golden era for ‘The Southern’

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    Before the 1954 Manx Grand Prix success of Derek Ennett, George Costain and Sid Mizen, the Southern Motorcycle Club held its race meetings at Andreas Airfield. 

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