The AJS Model 16 was certainly worthy of a long service medal. It was a trusted steed that left the AMC works in 1945 and would continue in various incarnations for two decades; postwar Britain
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Mandello’s Midsize Mudslinger?
Moto Guzzi’s latest interpretation of the V7 range offers modernised style and a model name from the history books As a further celebration of its 95th birthday in 2016, Italy’s oldest and most historic motorcycle
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First generation Rocket 3s in their factory finish are few and far between. So don’t just buy one: build it instead ‘! always wanted a Rocket 3,’ explained owner Tom as a crowd gathered around the
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BMW’s 500 flat twin benefited from sophisticated suspension from the mid-1950s. But it only got the engine performance to match when the S models arrived in 1960… THE R50 AND its R69 sibling represent BMW’s
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If life gives you lemons… build a brilliant bike and kick-start a new career, why don’t you? Two years ago, this glittering tribute to the craft of metal manipulation was little more than a basket
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IN A LITTLE less than a calendar month, the Vintage Motor Cycle Club hosted both the ‘largest gathering of veteran and vintage machines in the world’ and their increasingly popular ‘training day’. Many riders may
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WORDS BY Alan Cathcart PHOTOS BY Milagro Moto Guzzi’s latest interpretation of the V7 range offers modernised style and a model name from the history books As a further celebration of its 95th birthday in
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Yankee cafay. Too strong a brew for British taste? Out for a sunny Sunday morning ride on a snooker-table smooth back road, lined with hedges, stone walls and barbed wire fences, the characteristics that define
Read moreBSA Unit Singles: Much of a good thing…
TRADING POST: MODEL HISTORY BSA SOLD A VAST number of ride-to-work utility motorcycles. Most of these were of relatively low capacity, sturdily built and ideal for their intended commuter role. That is actually to say
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Loads of ancient Brits have returned from overseas, ripe for a rebuild. This T160 Trident was an easy job A cleaned wiring loom, now re-wrapped, and new HT leads Produced between 1968 and 1975, some
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