Classic Bike Guide

1973 was a funny old year for motorcycling. The British industry had almost completed a decade of self-immolation, the Italians were bumbling along in their usual chaotic fashion, and as for the Japanese… Words by Oliver Hulme Photography by Gary Chapman Honda’s range was a combination of updated designs from the mid-Sixties and their ground-breaking…

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IT’S A MOTORCYCLE that will easily clock up more than 100,000 miles, burn up the motorways, autoroutes and autobahns at impressive speeds, carrying two with ease, along with luggage. And you can find one for less than the price of a Chinese 125. Whether thought of as an 80s technological marvel, the ultimate cheap tourer…

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THERE ARE PLENTY of contenders for the title of ‘the bike that won the war’ and BSA’s chunky side valve single, the M20, has a fair claim to it. Created by the renowned Ariel and JAP designer Val Page, it filled the hole in BSA’s range for a solid sidecar hauler for the family man…

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In the words of Oscar Wilde: “There’s only one thing worse than being talked about; and that’s not being talked about!” And in the biking world a similar mindset can apply. When a motorcycle is almost immediately banned from competition by the sport’s governing body you can bet your last wipe of valve grinding paste…

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Imagine being the development manager at a maker of mobile phones in 2007.

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