Before establishing a modern day entente cordiale by teaming up with Brough Superior company owner Mark Upham to design and construct the born-again SS100, a quarter of a century ago Thierry Henriette created the only
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Electrified Commando
A restoration with a little electric sting in the tale… WORDS BY ROB DAVIES – PICTURES BY ALAN CLARK AND ROB DAVIES The Norton Commando is one of the great classic bikes of the second half
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WORDS BY OLIVER HULME PHOTOS BY THE MORINI RIDERS’ CLUB THE MORINI RIDERS’ CLUB caters for anyone who owns, rides or simply appreciates these Italian thoroughbreds. The club was founded in 1975 when the 350cc
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History revisited, as Indian and Harley-Davidson battle over market share… and much else WORDS BY ALAN CATHCART PHOTOS BY STEPHEN PIPER What goes around, comes around, and with the resumption of tribal warfare between Indian
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Just before the original company collapsed, MV Agusta built a ferociously fast, pushrod parallel twin. Who needs four cylinders, overhead cams and water-cooling? PHOTOS BY Kay Eldridge of FocusedImage.com.au “I’VE LOVED THESE bikes since I
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A Thunderbolt from the USA WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PHIL MATHER Imagine, for a moment, that it’s 1962 and you’re in the market for a brand new motorbike. BSA has recently launched its all-new, unit-construction
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Just like the Duracell bunny, Honda’s CXs go on and on and on WORDS AND PHOTOS BY Marion Thirsk HONDA’S CX IS BACK in vogue in a big way. Once derided as the dispatch riders’
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Alejandro De Tomaso’s attempt to take on Japan created an interesting alternative to Honda’s CB400F WORDS AND PHOTOS BY Marion Thirsk Most of us are familiar with Honda’s distinctively styled, iconic CB400F. But who knew
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Royal Enfield built a street racer for learner riders. It was fast, too WORDS AND PHOTOS BY Oliver Hulme ROYAL ENFIELD’S CONTINENTAL GT was surely one of the most alluring learner bikes ever built. The
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From our 2016 archive Tired of clip-ons and rearsets? We recommend something altogether more refined PHOTOS BY Mortons archive / Rowena Hoseason ‘FIRST CLASS PERFORMANCE without fuss’ promised Veloce when it reintroduced its 500 ohv
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