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End of an era
The last of the long line. Nearly. The super-sports G85CS ran on for another year or so, but is one very different beast THE OLD COMPANY of Associated Motorcycles – AMC – was never exactly radical. It was a company which believed in gradual evolution, the theory that if you improve your bikes every year…
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Time machine
‘The most exciting super-equipped road and road-racing model offered in America!’ blared the brochure. Just for once, they weren’t over-stating things: 123mph from 654cc WHEN BSA BUILT the Mk2 Spitfire in 1966, the 654cc twin wasn’t simply the fastest thing to leave Small Heath’s production line. It was in fact the quickest standard motorcycle that…
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Custom classics in Coventry
Among the 150 or so hand-crafted motorcycles on display at Stoneleigh in April, some were pretty obviously assembled in a shed, at weekends through the winter, using trial and error methods on a tight budget. Other machines were no-expense-spared specials, constructed from scratch in fully equipped workshops by top-line professionals to showcase their services. Yet…
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Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle show
Sunshine on Saturday made for a great turn-out, and a vibrant autojumble à l’exterieur. Oh, and some old bikes found in a Cornish barn smashed the Bonhams’ auction record, netting £331,900. Traders too enjoyed a bumper show, with some retailers reporting takings for Saturday which exceeded their expectations for both days combined. All in all,…
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SMOOTH OPERATOR
Gary Thwaites won all seven UK 1300cc classic races in 2012 on a 1007cc Seeley fitted with JSMotorsport components There’s certainly a lot to love – but if you’re pushing the performance then vibes will be a problem. After years of riding and racing and cracked, broken components, Jim Schmidt in the USA found that…
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Back To Life
A cleaned wiring loom, now re-wrapped, and new HT leads Produced between 1968 and 1975, some say that the Trident – the last big throw of the dice from the British Motorcycle manufacturer NVT (Norton Villiers Triumph) – was too little, too late. The production figures tell their own story. The total number of bikes…
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BSA UNIT SINGLES: Much of a good thing…
‘Several species of small furry animals…’ BSA SOLD A VAST number of ride-to-work utility motorcycles. Most of these were of relatively low capacity, sturdily built and ideal for their intended commuter role. That is actually to say that their performance was adequate for the urban and country roads of the time, but would be rather…
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AMERICAN TRITON
Out for a sunny Sunday morning ride on a snooker-table smooth back road, lined with hedges, stone walls and barbed wire fences, the characteristics that define a Triton are felt through the seat of the pants. The road meanders through mile after mile of lush green countryside. The speed limit sign is only a suggestion…
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The Dinky Dommi
Fowl play! Add your own ‘Not a Bantam in sight’ joke here. The Navigator; an affordable Norton. IN HIS LONG career at the core of the original Britbike industry, designer Bert Hopwood rarely made a monstrous mistake. However, you’d have to say that the unit construction 250 Jubilee was far from his finest hour. It…
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Sturdy single
The archetypal mid-1950s English all-rounder. After the swinging arm model was introduced in 1954, production of both rigid and plunger versions continued for a couple of years, but by 1956, when this bike was built, they’d finally been discontinued. CONSIDERING A CLASSIC? Perhaps you’re about to buy your first old Britbike, or are seeking to…
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