Classic Bike Guide
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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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Glad all over
Before establishing a modern day entente cordiale by teaming up with Brough Superior company owner Mark Upham to design and construct the born-again SS100, a quarter of a century ago Thierry Henriette created the only one of his numerous Boxer Bikes two-wheeled works of art to be powered by a British engine. When he did…
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One man’s ceiling
ONE OF THE more entertaining parts of this strange job is the annual ritual of working out fresh prices for the guides. I say it’s entertaining – which it is, in a peculiar anorak nonsensical kind of way – but it’s also an endless puzzle. As well as the ‘Who’d ever pay that much for…
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CBG News June 2017
Saddle up MOTO GUZZI SPARES specialists Gutsi Bits have managed to source a limited supply of replacement seats for 1970s V-twins. The replica T3 seats replace the originals which have been unavailable for many years. Gutsi Bits say the seats are of good quality, include the standard latch mechanism and are made in Italy. Gutsi…
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Electrified Commando
A restoration with a little electric sting in the tale… WORDS BY ROB DAVIES – PICTURES BY ALAN CLARK AND ROB DAVIES The Norton Commando is one of the great classic bikes of the second half of the 20th century, and was essentially the final stage of the British archetypal twin cylinder arrangement designed by Bert…
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The Morini Riders’ Club
WORDS BY OLIVER HULME PHOTOS BY THE MORINI RIDERS’ CLUB THE MORINI RIDERS’ CLUB caters for anyone who owns, rides or simply appreciates these Italian thoroughbreds. The club was founded in 1975 when the 350cc V-twins were first imported to the UK, and the majority of members own one or more of these sporting lightweights.…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: In theory
Just before the original company collapsed, MV Agusta built a ferociously fast, pushrod parallel twin. Who needs four cylinders, overhead cams and water-cooling? PHOTOS BY Kay Eldridge of FocusedImage.com.au “I’VE LOVED THESE bikes since I was a teenager,” says Rowan, proud owner of the 350S you see here. However, it took nearly four decades for…
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