Start with a fairly clean sheet of paper and build a Manx Norton from scratch. The result might look a little like this. WORDS BY Frank Melling PHOTOS BY Carol Melling, Mortons archive Sitting in
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Go for it!
For adventure, that is. The first Triumph to carry the name Adventurer was a light 500 twin, good for pretty much anything adventurous… PHOTOS BY CHRIS DICKINSON, CHRIS SPAETT WORDS BY FRANK WESTWORTH A minor
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A little tidying goes a long way towards restoring a classic Triumph to its rightful glory WORDS & PHOTOS BY ROB DAVIES The Thunderbird title has been used on several Triumph motorcycles since 1949. The
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In the age of the sporting single, Ariel gave us a gentleman’s four A village emerges as you roll back into England, crossing a border to leave a land where familiar roadsigns were suddenly bilingual.
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Greyhounds are great, but most folk get on better with a border collie Photos by Chris Dickinson DESPITE THE DOMINATOR name, Norton’s first stab at a sporting twin didn’t exactly rule the postwar world. Designer
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If a radical retro café racer is too compact for comfort, Ducati built a more relaxed SportClassic for two-up touring… WORDS BY Frank Melling PHOTOS BY Carol Melling UCATI’S FIRST STAB at a mainstream retro
Read moreHalfway house: The big Bonnie neatly spans the gap between modern and classic
PHOTOS BY Chris Dickinson CONTINUING OUR THEME, Triumph’s 750 twins are an obvious choice for anyone contemplating the purchase of a first British classic bike. They don’t cost a fortune compared to the more prestigious
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Too often overlooked in classic curiosity corner, Indian’s last Chiefs were excellent – and unique – motorcycles WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PHIL MATHER Isolated on our little island, we had no reason to concern ourselves
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Two new, French-designed retros prove that Chinese bikes are coming of age WORDS BY MARK WILLIAMS Having already proved that they could up the stakes in the Chinese import game, Mash Motorcycles have added two
Read moreFeatherbed cafe racer: Trad Triton
Modern technology offers many different ways to build a cracking café racer, but it’s hard to beat the original combination of a Meriden motor and Featherbed frame… WORDS & PHOTOS BY Stuart Urquhart Dave
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