A 650 twin was eventually added to Ariel’s line-up, using most of a BSA engine to power it. They make for interesting rebuilds WORDS BY ROB DAVIES PHOTOS BY ROB DAVIES AND DOUG WALKER A
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World domination: We really have got something to thank the Yanks for…
Words and photos by Phillip Tooth We have a lot to thank the Yanks for. There’s the Big Mac, the King Size bed, the XXL T-shirt… and the Norton Dominator 99. America is where size
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Triumph’s new Bonneville range includes a pair of T100s, one Black, the other less so. It’s all a matter of choice… Words by Alan Cathcart Photos by Jason Critchell After five years of diligent development
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Updating an icon can be a risky business. It’s all too easy to throw the baby out with the bathwater, or produce a pastiche instead of an improvement. But if you want the best, you
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Effortless efficiency (and it’s even affordable) PHOTOS BY Joe Dick IN THE PAST 40 years, Jack has always owned at least one Gold Wing. He started out with a GL1000 in 1977 and, as you
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In 1973, BMW attempted to shake off the firm’s boring image by launching the R90S.
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The replica racer that gives triple thrills without tantrums WORDS & PHOTOS BY Marion Thirsk IN 1971 DAVID BOWIE wrote Moonage Daydream and sang ‘Put your ray gun to my head’. It’s almost certain that
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Power and speed with rock steady handling WORDS & PHOTOS BY Marion Thirsk LAVERDA HAD ITS ORIGINS in rugged tractors and combine harvesters, so it’s little wonder that their motorcycles are equally well engineered. Solid,
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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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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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