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Make me a Manx
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 the pits, watching the classic racers fly by, there’s plenty of opportunity to talk about what might have been and…
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Go for it!
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 puzzle in the classic motorcycling world – at least for yrstrly – has been the popularity of Triumph’s twin engines…
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Revisionism
A recent chance remark from a guitar-playing maniac and friend made me laugh out loud. But only briefly, because what he’d intended as a joke might not have been. My friend is no motorcyclist, perhaps wisely, but he is one mean guitarist – although I would never admit it – and he knows lots and…
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Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic
About to enter into its sixth running, the Carole Nash Winter Classic event – supported by Classic Bike Guide magazine – has become one of the favourite dates on the show calendar. Stunning bikes, several traders and star racers will all come under one roof on the first full weekend of 2017, with the Carole…
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Stafford show
WORDS & PHOTOS BY Morgan Rue, Rowena Hoseason UNDOUBTEDLY THE MECCA for classic motorcycles, Stafford hosts two world-class shows in April and October. The autumn Carole Nash Mechanics Show leans more towards later classics, showcasing some of the best vintage Oriental machinery around, but there was plenty to please all tastes with machines dating back…
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CENTENARY CELEBRATION
ZÜNDAPP WAS FOUNDED in 1917 and the marque’s 100th birthday is being celebrated at the Bremen Classic Motorshow in February next year. The show incorporates a special ‘From Everyman To World Champion’ display of 20 or more Zündapp models. This will illustrate the variety of vehicles built by the company, from affordable commuter bikes like…
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Thunderbirds are go
A little tidying goes a long way towards restoring a classic Triumph to its rightful glory WORDS & PHOTOS BY ROB DAVIES The Thunderbird title has been used on several Triumph motorcycles since 1949. The first of its kind was a basic 4-stroke twin with a rigid rear end, turning out a claimed 34bhp. Certainly,…
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Village Square
In the age of the sporting single, Ariel gave us a gentleman’s four A village emerges as you roll back into England, crossing a border to leave a land where familiar roadsigns were suddenly bilingual. The village is mostly undeveloped, the road through it unimproved, unwidened. There’s a shop. A red telephone box. A bench.…
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The underdog
Greyhounds are great, but most folk get on better with a border collie Photos by Chris Dickinson DESPITE THE DOMINATOR name, Norton’s first stab at a sporting twin didn’t exactly rule the postwar world. Designer Bert Hopwood built a bike that was rather more robust than the sparkling Triumph speedsters, but which had little in…
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Captain sensible
If a radical retro café racer is too compact for comfort, Ducati built a more relaxed SportClassic for two-up touring… WORDS BY Frank Melling PHOTOS BY Carol Melling UCATI’S FIRST STAB at a mainstream retro machine, the Hailwood replica MH900E was gorgeous but eye-wateringly expensive. It was followed up by the Paul Smart-inspired 1000LE, which…
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