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Road Test: Sunbeam S7

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18th July 2013

Sunbeam S7 500cc The shaft-drive Sunbeam twins don’t sit easily with the ruffty tufty vision of 50s motorcycling, when young men supposedly roared across the countryside on Norton Inters, Triumph Thunderbirds and BSA Gold Stars with not a care, or a speed limit in the world of the open road. The rose-tinted spectacles of hindsight…
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Road Test: Norton Old Miracle

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17th July 2013

Norton Old Miracle sidevalve It’s built like a whippet, long, low and lean. The slim, silver tank has tiny little knee pads laced into place, just where my knees will rest on the move. It is arguably the best-known Norton racer of all and for sure it’s held more speed records than any bike that…
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Road Test: Norton Old Miracle

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17th July 2013

Norton Old Miracle sidevalve It’s built like a whippet, long, low and lean. The slim, silver tank has tiny little knee pads laced into place, just where my knees will rest on the move. It is arguably the best-known Norton racer of all and for sure it’s held more speed records than any bike that…
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Road Test: Norton Old Miracle

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17th July 2013

Norton Old Miracle sidevalve It’s built like a whippet, long, low and lean. The slim, silver tank has tiny little knee pads laced into place, just where my knees will rest on the move. It is arguably the best-known Norton racer of all and for sure it’s held more speed records than any bike that…
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New Norton Domiracer uncovered!

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10th July 2013

Stunning new Norton revealed The exclusive images were taken as Norton put the finishing touches to the prototype of its new twin-cylinder Domiracer at its Donington Park headquarters. Using a version of the current 961cc Norton Commando engine, an all-new Featherbed-style tubular steel frame, café racer styling, and a traditional hand-beaten aluminium tank, the new…
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Buying Guide: BSA B31

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10th July 2013

1952 BSA B31 We live in a world where complexity, for its own sake, is held as a benefit. One train of thought is ‘if something looks too simple to work, it probably is too simple to work’. I remember thinking that when I first saw a gutter chain on a building. Surely, a pipe…
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Buying Guide: BSA B31

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10th July 2013

1952 BSA B31 We live in a world where complexity, for its own sake, is held as a benefit. One train of thought is ‘if something looks too simple to work, it probably is too simple to work’. I remember thinking that when I first saw a gutter chain on a building. Surely, a pipe…
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Buying Guide: BSA B31

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10th July 2013

1952 BSA B31 We live in a world where complexity, for its own sake, is held as a benefit. One train of thought is ‘if something looks too simple to work, it probably is too simple to work’. I remember thinking that when I first saw a gutter chain on a building. Surely, a pipe…
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Road Test: Ariel-JAP special

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29th June 2013

Ariel-JAP special Warning: Please do not enter this riding for fun zone if you’re offended by a motorcycle built by an eccentric, looks like a backwoods collision between an agricultural unit and a military DR, sounds vaguely like a Gatling gun and doesn’t go at all fast. The invitation to try this home-brewed, old fashioned…
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Road Test: Ariel-JAP special

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29th June 2013

Ariel-JAP special Warning: Please do not enter this riding for fun zone if you’re offended by a motorcycle built by an eccentric, looks like a backwoods collision between an agricultural unit and a military DR, sounds vaguely like a Gatling gun and doesn’t go at all fast. The invitation to try this home-brewed, old fashioned…
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