WORDS BY Ieish Gamah PHOTOS BY Ieish Gamah & maurocarrarophotography.com AMONG THE MANY enjoyable aspects of owning, riding and fettling motorcycles, meandering around bike jumbles and shows gives the rider/restorer two opportunities: to secure parts
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MAKE A DATE for the weekend of May 20/21, 2017, when Race, Rock ’n’ Ride lets rip once again at Santa Pod Raceway. This full-on festival of two-wheeled speed will be an official round of
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In 1973, BMW attempted to shake off the firm’s boring image by launching the R90S.
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The replica racer that gives triple thrills without tantrums WORDS & PHOTOS BY Marion Thirsk IN 1971 DAVID BOWIE wrote Moonage Daydream and sang ‘Put your ray gun to my head’. It’s almost certain that
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Power and speed with rock steady handling WORDS & PHOTOS BY Marion Thirsk LAVERDA HAD ITS ORIGINS in rugged tractors and combine harvesters, so it’s little wonder that their motorcycles are equally well engineered. Solid,
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Here’s a simple question for you. Are you a crazy customiser or are you a stock bike stalwart? I bet you’re neither. I bet that you’re somewhere between the two and that exactly where on
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The electric-start Triumph Trident offers classic riders a wail of a time WORDS & PHOTOS BY Chris Rooke SEVEN YEARS AFTER the first Triumph T150 triple was launched, its upgraded successor, the T160, came onto
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A VAST ARRAY of custom crafted motorcycles were displayed at Kickback London last autumn. Whatever your preference to style, there was something there to catch the eye and boggle the mind. The loft at Olympia
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About to enter into its sixth year, the Carole Nash Winter Classic event – supported by CBG – has become one of the favourite dates on the show calendar WORDS AND PHOTOS BY JACK HARRISON
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WORDS & PHOTOS by Richard Jones THE AUTUMN SHOW season features not one but two events which showcase iconic bikes at the NEC, Birmingham, and few people have the stamina or spending power to attend
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