WORDS BY Morgan RuePHOTOS BY Morgan Rue and Terry Joslin ARK BUILDERS WERE in short supply in the West Country as floods of biblical proportions and hurricane-force winds tried to scupper this early-season favourite in
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Easy to ride, simple to maintain, economical and reliable. AJS and Matchless singles offer a lot of variety and a little performance, too PHOTOS: JANE SKAYMAN/Mortons archive, Martin Peacock, Frank Westworth After the end of
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Mark Williams meets a man whose mission in life is making BSA’s modest little workhouse a force to be reckoned with. Photos by Alex Ramsay and Mark Williams BSA Bantams… Who honestly hasn’t owned one?
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Triumph’s last 650 Tiger has no reputation for being the best. But it makes a brilliant and affordable riding machine Photos by Simon Everett There is a reason why Triumph twins have always been popular.
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In 1961 the UK motorcycle learner laws required manufacturers to take the 250cc market seriously, so in 1964 one manufacturer with a prestigious past offered a model with its name embedded in the future This
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The way ahead: There’s another new Norton on the block. This one’s a remarkable replica of one of the more unusual factory racers from the Seventies… Photos: Chris de Vine (replica bike); Kyoichi Nakamura (original
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Meet the Triumph twin that time forgot WORDS & PHOTOS BY Richard Jones IN 1938 TRIUMPH revealed the engine that would dominate the British motorcycle industry for the next 40 or more years – Edward
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There was nothing much wrong with BMW’s baby boxer. There was just too much of what there was PHOTOS BY Rowena Hoseason IT’S NOT A new problem. You introduce a ‘modular’ range of bikes based
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Night life While UK riders were offered the roadster CB650, the cousins were supplied with an altogether more relaxed ride WORDS AND PHOTOS by Rob Davies INTENDED FOR AMERICA and only officially imported to the
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Le Mans alike You want a bike which looks, sounds and steers like an old Italian. But running a classic as a daily ride might not be entirely convenient… PHOTOS BY Mike Salamon BEFORE YOU
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