Classic Bike Guide

Birmingham spares shop moves after 80 years

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Darren Hendley

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14th March 2018

MOTORCYCLE DEALERS AND one-time manufacturers Vale-Onslow have left the Sparkbrook premises in Birmingham that they occupied for more than 80 years, to move to a new location. Vale-Onslow had been a feature of Stratford Road in Sparkbrook since the 1930s and in British motorcycling’s 1960s hey-day the shop would see hordes of riders turn up…
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BSA A7

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Darren Hendley

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14th March 2018

Words and pictures by Oliver Hulme “A SPORTS MACHINE in the true tradition…the Star Twin has few equals as a machine for sustained high-speed road work”. So said The Motor Cycle in April 1952, reviewing the latest example of the BSA A7. It is fair to say that The Motor Cycle liked the A7, praising…
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Greeves Essex Twin

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Sam Hewitt

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8th March 2018

Welcome to a twin cylinder two-stroke…
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McGUINNESS TO RIDE FOR NORTON!

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Darren Hendley

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7th March 2018

ISLE OF MAN legend John McGuinness will campaign a Norton at this year’s TT. McGuinness will join Josh Brookes in the Superbike and Senior races on a factory V4 Aprilia-engined Norton racer, after years of riding for Honda. He suffered serious injuries in a crash during practice at the NW200 in 2017 and it was…
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1973 Triumph Tiger 750

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Darren Hendley

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7th March 2018

From Autobahns to wee twisties, this tolerant twin is tremendous fun and often recommended as a good choice for a first British bike!
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Early Honda could break record

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Darren Hendley

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3rd March 2018

AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT Honda CB750 is up for grabs at the H&H Classics auction on March 4, at the National Motorcycle Museum. A late pre-production model, it is one of only four built, only two are known to still exist. Although it is estimated at £35,000-£40,000, the other machine sold for £88,900 in 2014. H&H…
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BSA Super Rocket Special

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Darren Hendley

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1st March 2018

Words by Oliver Hulme Photography by Jason Bryant AS DUSK FALLS on a farmyard somewhere in the south west of England, Ray Loxton is tinkering with the oil pump on his pre-unit Triumph Bonneville. “I’m not getting the pressure through, brother.” Ray calls everybody brother. “It should be coming through the end of the crankshaft,…
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March 2018

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Darren Hendley

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28th February 2018

From the archive A collection of British bikes, in New York. BSA Super Rocket special CBG finds a BSA special and its wonderful owner, Ray Loxton. Subscribe! Get your favourite magazine delivered from just £20 for six months. Bargain! News John McGuinness riding a Norton at the TT and many other goings-on in our world.…
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Silver’s ship comes in

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Darren Hendley

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28th February 2018

CLASSIC HONDA SPECIALISTS David Silver have welcomed the arrival of their latest container load of vintage Japanese classics from the USA. The container came packed with more than 50 bikes, ranging from a selection of 50cc Monkey Bikes to classic Honda 750s. Prime buys included a Honda CB400F with less than 10,000 miles on the…
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Winter wonderings

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Darren Hendley

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28th February 2018

I’ve been chatting with friends who’ve ridden the latest phenomenon, Ducati’s Panigale V4. Phrases ‘game changer’ and ‘revolutionary’ were banded around. It’s not ‘just’ the 214bhp (in standard, warranty-friendly road trim) V4 MotoGP inspired engine. Hardened racers talked of the near-perfect balance, the counter-rotating crank and one ex-Superbike racer said “It’s the only bike with…
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