WORDS & PHOTOS BY Frank Melling YOU’RE IN A rush, right? You want to go out for a ride, not read a magazine. I’ll come straight to the point. The Triumph Thruxton R is not
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Category: Features
Tour or track
Immediately after the Second World War, and until engineer Charles Udall relaunched a new version of the 500 MSS, the 350 MAC was the only four-stroke roadster in the Velocette range. Then for 1954 the
Read moreSweet twin
Laid out on a table in the dining room were the pieces of paper that told the life story of Neil Hinks’ Triumph Twenty-one. Not that he’d owned it from the very beginning, saving every
Read moreFork seal replacement
All that stands between a reasonably effective front suspension system and a badly handling motorcycle is a set of what used to be called garter seals. A pair of these seals – with their minuscule
Read moreContinental chic: Motó 6.5
What do you get when you cross a French designer with an Italian motorcycle manufacturer?
Read moreBeezer’s ‘Trophy’
We should tread carefully with this story, because it’s all about a man renowned for some stunning restorations who also enjoys taking a gentle rise out of folks who would have you believe they possess
Read moreA match made in Plumstead
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
Read moreMandello’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
Read moreROCKET REBORN
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
Read moreSuspension of disbelief
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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