BSA Super Rocket Bob Hall’s Super Rocket came from an impeccable source – a CBG Small Ad. “I saw the ad, called the chap and he said it was a really good one,” he remembers.
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Road Test: Triton test
Tri-umph engine and Nor-ton frame equals Triton, and this one’s immaculate Everybody has a dream bike – the machine they’ve always wanted to own. Maybe it’s the bike they aspired to when they first got
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Tri-umph engine and Nor-ton frame equals Triton, and this one’s immaculate Everybody has a dream bike – the machine they’ve always wanted to own. Maybe it’s the bike they aspired to when they first got
Read moreRoad Test: Harris Matchless G80
Harris Matchless G80 Some of us have some funny ideas in this old motorcycle world we inhabit but few are more likely to generate an increase in temperature beneath the collar than the subject of
Read moreRoad Test: Matchless 250 G2CSR
Matchless 250 G2CSR I am prejudiced. I have a deep affection for the majority of motorcycles, but don’t like BSA C10s, the Norman Nippy, Clubman’s Goldies and AJS and Matchless so-called lightweight singles; I have
Read moreRoad Test: Royal Enfield J2
1950 Royal Enfield J2 The company was the first to offer what we recognise as conventional swinging arm rear suspension on its production models. And when the very competitive world of one-day trials was supported
Read moreRoad Test: Triumph Trophy
1950 Triumph Trophy We were lucky with the weather. A gap in the chilly rains of late January made a test of this lovely 1950 Triumph Trophy trials bike practical. Never mind the cold, the
Read moreRoad Test: Vincent V-twin
Vincent V-twin built from spare parts Vincent’s Black Shadow has been reborn. This is nothing to do with a vague outline by a company with no clear claim to use the Vincent name, promising to
Read moreRoad Test: BSA A10 café racer
Editor Clark picked this bike out in the line-up of private entries at April’s Stafford Show and when I said I knew the owner, he asked me to book a ride. It stood there looking
Read moreRoad Test: Royal Enfield Constellation
Royal Enfield Constellation Some years ago, while on the Ponthir British Club’s annual Brecon Run, I spotted a very smart Royal Enfield Constellation. This one was handsome but it also carried an Ontario number plate.
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