EXCELLENT COLUMN in the June issue from Paul Miles. When her back was turned, I used to nick my better-half’s Harley Sportster at every opportunity. Yet I couldn’t part with my hard-earned dollars for one
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Immediately after the Second World War, and until engineer Charles Udall relaunched a new version of the 500 MSS, the 350 MAC was the only four-stroke roadster in the Velocette range. Then for 1954 the
Read moreSweet twin
Laid out on a table in the dining room were the pieces of paper that told the life story of Neil Hinks’ Triumph Twenty-one. Not that he’d owned it from the very beginning, saving every
Read moreFork seal replacement
All that stands between a reasonably effective front suspension system and a badly handling motorcycle is a set of what used to be called garter seals. A pair of these seals – with their minuscule
Read moreBeezer’s ‘Trophy’
We should tread carefully with this story, because it’s all about a man renowned for some stunning restorations who also enjoys taking a gentle rise out of folks who would have you believe they possess
Read moreFRANK WESTWORTH ON POINTLESSNESS
It went like THIS: charge battery (I’ve done this before, see); check for fuel (always helps); free the clutch (it’s a Triumph), switch on and kick. There you have it, a simple routine for starting
Read more‘Double trouble’ in Lincolnshire at George Brown Memorial Sprint
A horde of highly tuned classic sprinters will be unleashed at East Kirby airfield, in Lincolnshire, over the weekend of September 10-11, 2016. The two-day event promises ‘double (engined) trouble’ when the George Brown
Read moreRide around Romney
Veteran and vintage motorcycles are invited to join the upcoming popular Romney Marsh Run. It takes place on Sunday, September 25, 2016 starting and finishing at The Star Inn, St Mary-in-the-Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29
Read moreBSA owners’ day
WHAT’S THE COLLECTIVE NOUN for a group of BSAs? A bantam of BSAs perhaps, or maybe a lightning or a spitfire? There were plenty of possibilities at the Market Harborough Rugby Club on an overcast
Read moreBrighton rocks
BRIGHTON SPEED TRIAL returns to Madeira Drive on September 3, 2016, with timed runs due to start at 11.30am after earlier practice runs. The trial, first run in 1905, is said to be the longest-running
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