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  • Buying Guide: Aspirational artefacts: Suzuki T500

    Buying Guide: Aspirational artefacts: Suzuki T500

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    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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  • Classic Bike Guide on sale!

    Classic Bike Guide on sale!

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    May’s issue of Classic Bike Guide is on sale now! • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene LIVE2RIDE • United Stare Art Conrad Leach’s American exhibition ? • Choppahead Triumph US chopper shop builds cafe racer ?• CRD BMW R100 Spanish-built boxer-twin tourer • Lanark show preview The Simpsons are coming ?• Wayne Gardner's…

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  • Road Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader

    Road Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader

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    Eric Boocock’s BSA C15T All trials riders like to make their machines as light as possible. It stands to reason, the lighter the bike, the easier it is to haul over rocks or out of bogs and the less tiring it will be to ride. But how to go about getting a light bike? Well,…

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  • Road Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader

    Road Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader

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    Eric Boocock’s BSA C15T All trials riders like to make their machines as light as possible. It stands to reason, the lighter the bike, the easier it is to haul over rocks or out of bogs and the less tiring it will be to ride. But how to go about getting a light bike? Well,…

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  • Road Test: BSA C15 v Royal Enfield Crusader

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    Eric Boocock’s BSA C15T All trials riders like to make their machines as light as possible. It stands to reason, the lighter the bike, the easier it is to haul over rocks or out of bogs and the less tiring it will be to ride. But how to go about getting a light bike? Well,…

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  • Relaunched Classic Bike Guide!

    Relaunched Classic Bike Guide!

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    Relaunched Classic Bike Guide on sale now With a team of expert writers and photographers, Classic Bike Guide inspires, informs, motivates and solves problems for anyone who owns, or aspires to owning, a classic motorcycle. It is a respected, reliable resource for those building or restoring old bikes – but above all, it is fun!…

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  • Beezumph\'s Cadwell return

    Beezumph\'s Cadwell return

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    BSA Rocket 3 As well as Triumph and BSA three-cylinder machines plus other classics, Beezumph 22 will offer a unique opportunity to see the Meriden factory Quadrant (designed by Doug Hele in 1973), a four-cylinder Triumph T160, and a four-cylinder BSA Rocket 3. More info from: www.tr3oc.co.uk Elsewhere, after 20 years of running a mixed autojumble…

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  • 'Prince of Darkness' wears Davida

    'Prince of Darkness' wears Davida

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    The nicest people wear Davida… Focusing on motorcycle-themed artwork by artists from across Europe it will also showcase the launch of the new pop-art book Motorcycle Graphics by Ian Castello-Cortes. The list of famous names that have worn a Davida helmet include princes and kings of royal households from around the world, yet surely the…

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  • Watsonian kick-starts Bullet business

    Watsonian kick-starts Bullet business

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    The company recently announced it was ceasing to distribute Royal Enfield Motorcycles in the UK in order to concentrate on ‘other activities’, including the production of sidecars and luggage trailers. But sales director Ben Matthews told Classic Bike Guide: “We’re doubling the size of our showroom to accommodate more sidecars but also to promote our…

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  • Classic Bike Guide April issue on sale!

    Classic Bike Guide April issue on sale!

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    CBG April issue on sale now! • Gary Pinchin editorial Editor sets the scene for this month's issue • Bristol Show Review Rare Husqvarna wins top award • Flat Track Day Street trackers and racers at the Ace • Guzzi singles Nuovo Falcone reborn. Wrenchmonkees cafe racer • News roundup Turbulent times for Enfield. £50,000…

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