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Edward Turner’s first triumph of style over substance: the 5T twin uses the single’s chassis, which was hard-pushed already by the performance of the Tiger 90… CRITICS OF THE Speed Twin justifiably argue that it is the most over-rated motorcycle in the world. Certainly, there are other bikes built in the 1930s that surpass it…

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Back in the 1960s, lightweight two-strokes, which the British motorcycle industry had produced in droves, were virtually a throw-away item. Not that anybody actually threw anything away in those days, it somehow went against the grain of generations of make-do-and menders. But there was a point when a worn-out machine, especially an ever so humble…

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Inspiration is everywhere, but taking the plunge and actually committing yourself to your first hands-on project can be daunting. The process normally starts when you find yourself transfixed by someone else’s special. It’d be perfect, if only that was a drum brake up front. If only the frame was matt, not gloss. If only the…

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A sense of purpose, from every angle IT DIDN’T TAKE too long after the launch of the 790cc Bonnie in 2001 for the first customised café racers and street scramblers to come rolling out of backstreet workshops. The slightly surprising thing is that it took Hinckley a further five years to build a factory Scrambler…

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For many the black and gold Velo is some sort of ultimate big Brit single ‘FIRST CLASS PERFORMANCE without fuss’ promised Veloce when it reintroduced its 500 ohv single in 1954. That’s not too far off the mark today, which is why the MSS is one of those much sought-after traditional British singles that ranks…

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The 750 weighs over 500lb before you add fuel, and unhelpfully carries much of that mass up high MV AGUSTA WAS never an ordinary motorcycle manufacturer, and the 750 Sport is no ordinary motorcycle. For a start, Meccanica Verghera Agusta didn’t set out to build bikes. Initially an aircraft builder, things were not well with…

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Apart from the US market bling, there’s little to suggest that this is in fact a high performance machine rather than another boulevard brave IF THE 1960s were the decade when ordinary people did extraordinary things, BSA certainly did their bit for Britain. The giant of Small Heath exported a significant proportion of its production…

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