• BSA M33 sidecar outfit
Len Page wanted to ride his 60 year-old BSA outfit for 1500 miles around America on the BSAOC International Rally. So he decided it would need a little engine enhancement before taking to the freeway and crossing the Californian mountains
• Hesketh 24
A couple of months ago, our man Paul Miles was one of the few folk permitted to park his posterior on the new, two-litre, air-cooled Hesketh V-twin. This time, he actually gets to ride the thing
• Matchless G80 rebuild
Frank Westworth has been slowly restoring one of the late, short-stroke AMC singles. This month he has a shocking time (that’s a very weak pun in case you missed it) trying to fit mudguards and the like, which were obviously originally assembled by someone who knew what they were doing…
• Nimbus rebuild, part five
Lasse Horskjær rescued a rare Danish relic from the scrapheap, after it was written off as being uneconomic to repair. The bike is back in one piece but the shakedown period hasn’t gone smoothly. After several seizures, the engine needs (even) more TLC
• Royal Enfield rebuild, part two
Take a modern(ish) Bullet, throw away all the bits you don’t like and create your own café racer. That’s exactly what one RC reader did. Last month it got all the cosmetic upgrades. Now to make it go as good as it looks
• British superbikes
Could you really call a Vin Twin or an Ariel Square a genuine ‘superbike’? Or should that name be reserved for bikes like the Norton Commando, Triumph Trident, BSA Rocket 3, Triumph Hurricane and Royal Enfield Interceptor Mk2? Frank Westworth ponders the myth of the British superbike
• Scott Squirrel
Owning and running a Scott two-stroke is never exactly straightforward. Owner Mick Bodill explains his complicated relationship with a 1959 Birmingham Scott, and everything he’s done to get it to run right. And then Odgie puts the theory into practice on the road
• Suzuki Katana
The oil-cooled 750 Katana with its pop-up headlight has long been considered the poor relation of the 1100 original. Rowena Hoseason reckons it’s nicer to own and ride, however
• Triumph TSS
The 750 ‘Electro’ was one of the final incarnations of the original Bonneville. Nolan Woodbury traces the history of one particular bike’s provenance, while Martyn Roberts and Erum Waheed assess the potential of an anti-vibration edition
PLUS! Tips on getting a great finish on paintwork at home; solving rounded-off fastners; remembering the launch of the Continental GT; riding an A10 back in the day; Graham Ham and Daisy the Triumph Speed Twin return at the start of their mighty ShedQuest; We Were There at the NMM; PUB goes chasing Lancaster bombers, and Minton remembers wise words from great men.
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