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Road Test: BSA Super Rocket

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1st October 2014

BSA Super Rocket Bob Hall’s Super Rocket came from an impeccable source – a CBG Small Ad. “I saw the ad, called the chap and he said it was a really good one,” he remembers. “It was expensive though, but I went down to see it and took cash – got it for £500 less…
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Workshop: Fit an ignition booster

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24th September 2014

Transform your ignition! Of course it would be rather pleasant not to have to do this job, but as they say in the army… “if you can’t take a joke you shouldn’t have signed up!” Realistically there is no one size fits all solution, but there are devices out there that can and will make…
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Workshop: Fit an ignition booster

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24th September 2014

Transform your ignition! Of course it would be rather pleasant not to have to do this job, but as they say in the army… “if you can’t take a joke you shouldn’t have signed up!” Realistically there is no one size fits all solution, but there are devices out there that can and will make…
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Classic Bike Guide on sale now – October 2014

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24th September 2014

New Classic Bike Guide’s on sale! LIVE2RIDE • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets out his stall • Donington Classic Kevin Schwantz stars on GP500 Suzuki •Brackley Festival MotoGP bikes invade Northants town centre • Scottish Show New show site given thumbs up • Pacific Honda CX500 A Kiwi take on a scrambler-style Honda • What’s on…
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Norman Hyde celebrates 50 years in the business

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23rd September 2014

Norman joined Triumph motorcycles at Meriden in 1964, when starting a sandwich course in production engineering at Lanchester College (now Coventry University). Having graduated, he moved into the Development Department under the legendary engineer Doug Hele, with whom he worked on the Triumph Trident race machines that dominated racing in Europe and the USA during…
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Classic Bike Guide on sale now – September 2014

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27th August 2014

New CBG’s out! LIVE2RIDE • Editor's intro Gary sets out his stall • Archive image Britons chasing gold medals • Founders Day VMCC commemorate the First World War • Montlhery Cafe racers on the French banking • Dragstalgia Classic drag racing at The Pod • Jacks Hill Ton-Up Cafe racers and classic at the A5…
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Britons chasing gold medals

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27th August 2014

Men and machines forming the 1964 British Trophy team destined to ride in East Germany included (from left to right): Jim Sandiford, Sammy Miller, Johnny Giles, Ray Peplow, Ken Heanes and John Brittain A regular prelude to the 39th International Six Days Trial was the gathering of the British teams at the BSA sports ground…
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Control issues

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26th August 2014

There are plenty of replica levers on the market Clip fixing and brake levers Some makers of early pioneer machines, such as Minerva, Sun and Hobart, often employed cycle-type brake levers rather than inverted levers as detailed last month to serve front brake and valve lifter or decompressor valve as appropriate. Others, exampled by Rudge,…
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KICKBACK Custom motorcycle show

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13th August 2014

The event is a celebration of British engineering excellence, where designers and builders unleash their imagination… a great day out for all motorcycle enthusiasts and, of course, the whole family! All types of custom built masterpieces will be on show from old school choppers and bobbers to the new generation of café bikes, street scramblers…
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Road Test: Triton test

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8th August 2014

Tri-umph engine and Nor-ton frame equals Triton, and this one’s immaculate Everybody has a dream bike – the machine they’ve always wanted to own. Maybe it’s the bike they aspired to when they first got into motorcycling, the star of an Earl’s Court Show or a high street dealer’s window display, theirs for a price…
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