You can pick up a second-hand set of barrels and pistons, but how do you check what you’ve got? Words By HUTCH, HTE MOTORCYCLES (01328 700711) PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHELLEY It’s starting to look like my
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How’s that work: Workshop essentials – wiring tools
Don’t be scared – tackling bike electrics can be hugely rewarding! If motorcycle wiring scares you witless then you can take some comfort from the fact that you’re not the only one. For many, bike
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I’ve been riding around on a brand new Royal Enfield 500 Bullet recently, loving the old feel with the back up that a new bike brings. But, as we know, Enfields don’t change that often
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Words: Matt Photography: Chippy ‘I’ll just stand in that field’ Wood Ever gone to a bike event and not seeN a modern Bonneville? Despite John Bloor’s reservations of retrieving the famous name to adorn a
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Engineering skills and a vision of exactly how his bike should be has helped Dermot Lynch create a bike his father would be proud of. Nortons are in Dermot Lynch’s blood. It’s no coincidence that
Read moreFrom our archive: Old school meets new
Jeff Smith, no. 14 on his 500cc BSA, trying to undercut Torsten Hallman on his 360cc Husqvarna at the Hants Grands International, on March 24, 1967. Smith had become 500cc World Champion in 1964 and
Read moreHurricane born again
This BSA X65 special may be a very rare sight, but plans are afoot to give more the opportunity to build one. Words AND PHOTOGRAPHY by Oli Hulme THE TRIUMPH HURRICANE X75 is one of
Read moreThe birth of the Commando
Roger Barlow shares some fascinating first-hand insights into the birth of Norton’s brave Commando Words by Jim Reynolds photography Mortons archive and Jim Reynolds Roger Barlow worked as a draughtsman and designer in the motorcycle
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Words by Oli Photography by Gary Chapman ALONG WITH WHICH oil to use and which petrol won’t gum up your carbs, many a pub or internet debate has been had about what the next ‘affordable’
Read moreThe Bloop: A working class hero and yet still fun!
SUZUKI B120 Words by Oli PhotoGRAPHY by Gary Chapman SUZUKI CALLED IT the B120 Student, but everybody calls it the Bloop. It doesn’t really fit Suzuki’s 1960s and 70s style. They were busily turning out
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