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The LE might have been for humdrum duties, but it came from the maker of one of the finest racing machines ever – the long-lived Velocette KTT Stanley Woods, 350 Velocette KTT, in 1939 Words by James Robinson Photos by Mortons Archive Few models have achieved such a long-running level of competitiveness as Velocette’s famous…

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Lightweight and agile, Honda’s CB250RS conflicted with its own Superdream for sales and was never as popular. Now, they can be a great back-lane bike with big H reliability. In the late 1970s, Honda wAS cleaning up in the non-hooligan 250cc motorcycle stakes in the UK. It first replaced the ageing CJ250T with the rounded-off…

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AMC twins may be oft overlooked but are another wonderful way into British twin ownership Words and photos by Matt Alright, so you want a British classic bike, an excellent choice of steed. Perhaps you’re not too bothered with getting a particular make or model, or era. But have you considered the difference between having…

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Kawasaki introduced the Z1 50 years ago, in 1972. We have a look at the early story of this, the original Kawasaki superbike Words by Matt  Photos by Kawasaki Japan and Mortons 1972 was not rose-tinted. The Watergate scandal hit President Nixon leading to his resignation, we had constant headlines of car bombs and murders…

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This wonderful bike has a wonderful story behind it, and the result is stunning. Words by Oli Hulme Photos by Gary Chapman I’d arrived at the Bath and West Showground for the Bristol Classic Show a day early, just to scope out the entries and see if there was anything that might be worth investigation.…

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Gus Kuhn was a speedway rider and TT racer, and competed in most other two-wheel sports. He also ran his own shop, but will always be best known for a bike he never saw – the Gus Kuhn Commando. Words by Oli ‘Two Hats’ Hulme Photography by Gary ‘Look At My New Camera’ Chapman Shelagh…

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