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Classic Dirtbike checks out the Pre-65 Scottish winner
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Given the level of competition in the Pre-65 Scottish Two Day Trial it stands to reason that the winning bike must be something really special. It has to be because if it wasn’t how could it cope with the tough sections that make up pre-65 events these days? Or at least that’s the way the…
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THIS WEEKEND! The Carole Nash Great Scottish Bike Show
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It’s set to be a highlight of the motorcycling summer… the Carole Nash Great Scottish Bike Show takes place on the weekend of August 9-10 in its new home, the Royal Highland Centre near Edinburgh. Modern and classic machines in one superb celebration of biking!
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Road Test: Triton test
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When standard just won’t do, in comes the special builder with the Triumph-engined, Norton-framed ‘Triton’. It’s not an easy route and it is quite possible to create a dog of a bike, but not in this case as Phil Mather finds out…
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Reference: Excelsior Manxman J14
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The Excelsior Manxman is, without question, one of the most visually appealing motorcycles of the 1930s. The 500cc version is also especially rare…
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South Liverpool club gymkhana, August 30, 1930
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The South Liverpool Motorcycle Club found a novel but not entirely unexpected way of injecting some more excitement into an egg and spoon race on August 30, 1930 – by seating the brave participants, spoons and all, on their motorcycles…
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Road Test: AJS Model S3
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The AJS S3 was a bright and bold new design from AJ Stevens of Woverhampton. Unfortunately, its release couldn’t have come at a worse moment…
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Blown BSA Sprinter
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Built by Geoff Garside, this A10/A65 hybrid was built during the heyday of straightline racing…
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Honda RC181 replica
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There are almost as many Honda RC181 four race replicas around these days as Honda have built road bikes. And they range from fantastic, like the RC181 featured here, down to ‘really shouldn’t have bothered’. Malc Wheeler takes up the story…
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Parallel twins
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A classic layout, the parallel twin is experiencing a resurgence in the modern market, thanks to a new range of Hondas. But was the layout any good in the first place?
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Sounds like a good idea
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Using sound waves to clean tricky bits of a motorcycle is a non-invasive way of true cleanliness, Classic Dirtbike editor Tim Britton listens to an expert…
