Classic Bike Guide
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SWM Gran turismo
A charming motorcycle The composition of SWM’s Gran Turismo may reflect current globalisation trends, but it’s a decent bike to ride WORDS & PICTURES BY OLIVER HULME Ever since the 1970s there have been regular calls from classic motorcycle buyers for a new, simple, straightforward motorcycle to use rather than a flood of whizzy hi-tech…
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Triple fantastic
The inside story of how Triumph’s experimental department built a Superbike for sixpence, and accidentally created the most famous production racer of all time To understand the fame accrued by what, in the final analysis, is only a modified street motorcycle, it is important to remember just how important production racing was in the late…
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Run for the sun!
There’s now another excellent reason to head west this summer – as if the Cornish pasties, rip-snorting roads and beautiful beaches weren’t already enough to tempt you… North Cornwall Motorcycles has just relocated to swish new premises on the outskirts of Bude, situated slap-bang in surfer heaven on the Atlantic coast. It’s the perfect place…
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Classic Bike Guide July 2017
RIDING LIFE Not a lot of news this time – not because there is none but because we ran out of room SUBSCRIBE! Save a little money, get the magazine a little early. Thrills beyond dreams. Hopefully KEMPTON PARK SHOW Racy stuff at the racetrack BOOKS! More meaty than a magazine. Read on MOTO GUZZI…
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One man’s mate
PART OF THE endless entertainment of a magazine editor’s life is the steady drizzle of complaints. No no; this is not a plea for sympathy – this particular editor enjoys all comment, whether it’s positive and agreeable or the other thing. To provide a little perspective, on CBG there are maybe ten positives to every…
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Sports 750s
GUZZI’S 750 SPORT V-twins combine the leaping stance of a greyhound with serious mechanical bravado. Their muscular mix has always been extremely attractive on paper, but a ride on one will deepen your perspective. Thin-waisted, the shaftie drops its seat to under 30in when rocked off the stand, making it easy to sit astride. Two…
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July News
Kickback at the custard factory THIS MONTH’S KICKBACK Motorbike Show & Workshop Fair is at Birmingham’s Custard Factory and pre-bookers can attend free of charge. The event, sponsored by Allstyles Motorcycle Insurance, takes place on Saturday, July 15, at the Gibb Street Warehouse at the Custard Factory.There will be more than 50 customs, café racers…
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Triple fantastic
To understand the fame accrued by what, in the final analysis, is only a modified street motorcycle, it is important to remember just how important production racing was in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the same time as enthusiasm for racing road bikes was at its peak, interest in mainstream GP racing was…
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June 2017
RIDING LIFE News, much of it new. New models of old marques and trade rumours and a new seat for Guzzis! SUBSCRIBE! Save a little money, get the magazine a little early. Thrills beyond dreams. Hopefully STAFFORD SHOW Biggest, best and bounciest by far EVENT PREVIEW Rétro Moto St-Cergue. Don’t know what that is? Read…
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Triple tragedy
One good reason for the death of the British motorcycle industry might well be the BSA / Triumph triples – a tragedy which would have made Shakespeare proud. Currently, the three-cylinder machines have a fanatical following and their acolytes will hear no wrong of them. However this is what Bert Hopwood, BSA Group engineering director,…
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