It’s an obvious idea in retrospect: take two twins and gear the cranks together, put them into a common crankcase and slot the whole ensemble into a slim, decently light bicycle WHEN BUYING A typical
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The great escape artist
It’s sometimes difficult to remember that when these bikes were new they were bought to be ridden all the time and thrashed off-road too. THE TR6 WAS born for the USA and enjoyed its moment
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IN AN ATTEMPT to be objective, I should say that the Moto Guzzi museum – at Mandello del Lario, on the banks of Lake Como in northern Italy – has relatively few motorcycles on display
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Man, machine, harmony. Perfect FEW EVER ENVISAGED BMW’s brick-shaped four becoming the trendy target for café builders. Then again, the K-series was never easy to figure. Upon its release in 1983 the liquid-cooled, fuel-injected inline
Read moreIt ain't heavy
The pre-war way. Big studded tyres may have a tendency to wander at low speeds on asphalt, but they grip well on loose surfaces. In any case, wear in the girder links will induce more
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Two silencers but just a single cylinder. Then, as now, style was everything to Italians AT AGE NINE, I was in love with a Ducati Silverstone Super. Forget being a cowboy out on the range
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Bright brittle bling is noticeably absent from this machine. Whether this is good or bad depends on the eye of the beholder WHEN ROYAL ENFIELD launched the Constellation in 1958, it unequivocally aimed its new
Read moreQuaint BUT PRACTICAL
Combining functional utility with chic design isn’t ever very easy, especially when leavened with retro cool. But British-based custom bike builder Benny Thomas has certainly succeeded in achieving this in creating the Sterling Autocycle for
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With an engine that looks to be straight from a 1930s history book, few would believe that the P&M Panther was still in production as late as 1966. Honda were building ohc, electric start, supersports
Read moreRoad or race?
TRITONS ARE VERY much like wine. Do you like wine? Wine? What wine? Do you prefer to get hammered on a Calais Booze Superstore Special at £5 a gallon? Or perhaps you prefer to sip
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