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Buying Guide: Norton Navigator

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30th May 2013

Norton Navigator "There’s a Lotta Torque about Norton” – so went the company’s advertising slogan in the early Seventies, immortalised by the photograph taken at the Ascot Park Flat Track in 1972… Big-muscled parallel twins are the bikes Norton is best remembered for – a tradition continued by the new models trickling from the Donington…
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VJMC Japfest at Haynes

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6th May 2013

There will be club stands and private exhibits from the early examples of the 60s through to the modern classics of 15 years ago, plus trade stands and autojumble. Included in the £10 admission is entry to the Haynes Museum, which houses the UK’s largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world, so…
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Caff de Dorchester

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4th May 2013

Bikers arrive at the ball The Busy Bee, the Ace, Johnson’s… 59 Club members certainly get around the local coffee bars. On Tuesday night last week they added yet another to their list. It’s in London’s swanky Park Lane – any avid Monopoly player knows that well enough. They call the place the Dorchester. From…
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Royal Enfield appoints new UK distributor

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3rd May 2013

Steve Oliver, general manager of MotoGB, sees the move as a real coup for the company: “Royal Enfield is the epitome of British motorcycling both past and present. These machines hark back to a golden era of motorcycling, but today’s Royal Enfield range is also thoroughly modern and reliable. “They are beautiful bikes and not…
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Classic TT interest grows

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2nd May 2013

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company says demand has increased dramatically for sailings during the 2013 festival fortnight compared with last year’s Manx Grand Prix Festival, and to help cope with the demand, the ferry firm is operating an extra sailing. The Classic TT is one of the events, which makes up the new…
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Road Test: BSA Gold Star road test

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2nd May 2013

BSA Gold Star, and this is one of the best I don’t know about you but I’m in awe of those talented individuals who, with ease and a minimum of fuss, step up to lathes and milling machines and casually fashion special items to make their machine stand out. Part of this awe comes from…
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Road Test: BSA Gold Star road test

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2nd May 2013

BSA Gold Star, and this is one of the best I don’t know about you but I’m in awe of those talented individuals who, with ease and a minimum of fuss, step up to lathes and milling machines and casually fashion special items to make their machine stand out. Part of this awe comes from…
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Road Test: BSA Gold Star road test

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2nd May 2013

BSA Gold Star, and this is one of the best I don’t know about you but I’m in awe of those talented individuals who, with ease and a minimum of fuss, step up to lathes and milling machines and casually fashion special items to make their machine stand out. Part of this awe comes from…
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Buying Guide: Aspirational artefacts: Suzuki T500

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30th April 2013

Suzuki T500 Focus in on a Kawasaki Z1 or a Honda 750/4 and you pretty much know what you are likely to get; 1970s superbikes with all the hype, cost, alleged kudos, etc. What you also get are the inevitable rivet-counters who come as part of the ownership experience. These perverse individuals will almost certainly…
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Buying Guide: Aspirational artefacts: Suzuki T500

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30th April 2013

Suzuki T500 Focus in on a Kawasaki Z1 or a Honda 750/4 and you pretty much know what you are likely to get; 1970s superbikes with all the hype, cost, alleged kudos, etc. What you also get are the inevitable rivet-counters who come as part of the ownership experience. These perverse individuals will almost certainly…
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