Bike meets are thriving Part of the coffee bar circuit in the 1950s and 60s, both motorcyclists’ haunts, the Busy Bee and Cellar, closed in 1970. Nevertheless, a sunny day brought out a good showing
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Clymer built Enfield
1970 Clymer built, Indian badged Royal Enfield A real rare bird on these shores, this beautiful Clymer built, Indian badged, Royal Enfield. Akin to the Indian Velocettes and Triumphs, Floyd Clymer used an Italjet chassis,
Read moreClassic Bike Guide on sale!
Classic Bike Guide’s on sale! Plus riding a ‘liberated’ Vincent, – you’ll have to buy the mag for more on that one! – an explanation of ‘wet sumping’ and what can be done to minimise
Read moreMk1 Concentric makeover
Changes to Concentric improve life and performance You pay for what you get. It’s an old adage which means good quality, longer lasting items cost a little more than cheaper, short life alternatives. Made in
Read moreBack to basics
OEM team, left to right: Alec Sharp, Dave Kingfisher and Guy Barley Back to basics – that’s the message from Old Empire Motorcycles’ proprietor Alec Sharp. Fed up with overly complicated motorcycles, Diss, Norfolk based
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New Triumphs will be available for testing… Last year’s event saw more than 500 machines turn out to try the Parkitt Racing mobile dyno – and it will be back again this year, so you
Read moreTriton Memorial Award
Specioal award for a special bike… Of the bikes on the Triton Owners Club stand, Ray Brown – a close friend of Cliff’s – judged Dave Codd’s to be the recipient of the glass trophy.
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Colin Seeley (right) accepts cheque from NOC’s Barry Owen They can of course do with it what they will, but when Martin Maynard and Peter White received their cheques, they both chose to donate them
Read moreMade in Metal makeover
Individual touch for your Duke The business began when Rugeley, Staffs, based interior designer John Simmonds doodled a few sketches around how he’d like his 900SS to look. He set about stripping down his standard
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Bill Van de Becke built special The car was then passed to Carl Skinner, of Skinner’s Union (SU) fame. He built the lightweight alloy body and replaced the Powerplus blower with a Zoller unit before
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