Classic Bike Guide
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Brilliant Bristol
Always one of the CBG team’s favourite events, this year’s Bath & West Showground experience was packed with great machines THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE scene has good reason to be grateful to farming for its continued popularity. After all, if it wasn’t for the nation’s agricultural societies then classic bike builders would struggle to find somewhere…
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RACE A BULLET
IF YOU’VE EVER watched a classic motorcycle belting round a short circuit and thought “I wouldn’t mind a go at that,” you now have the chance to try it free of charge. Sue and Mark Whittaker, who are members of the British Historic Racing (VMCC Ltd) club, have put their hands in their pockets to…
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SPITFIRES FLY AGAIN
BRITISH MOTORCYCLE BUILDER CCM has sold every one of its latest road bikes before it goes into production. The new 600cc CCM Spitfire was conceived and built by a small group of CCM mechanics and designers, working behind the scenes and developing their ideas in their spare time. With a free hand, they set about…
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Triple treat
Bigger than the 380, smaller than the 750; Suzuki built stroker triples for everyone WORDS BY ROB DAVIES PHOTOS BY PAUL WATERFIELD AND ROBIN HORTON High revving, whim-whim two-strokes (that’s my version of their noise by the way) were the sound of the Seventies. I know because I had one, and so did several of…
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European Classic Bike Guide
For some riders, owning an Italian or German motorcycle is a lifelong ambition or simply the status quo. For others, European classics can be an all-new experience; an experimental exploration into unknown territory away from the safe haven of Japanese reliability or a traditional Brit. Moving from a modern motorcycle to an older machine of…
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Video: Inglorious Motorcycles
A short film produced with the awesome bike builder Sam Evans of Inglorious Motorcycles: Credits: Direction and Cinematography – Tom McCagherty & Tom Bryan Editor – Aiden Jordan Sound Design – Alex Williams Music – Luke Olney Colourist – Jonny Thorpe http://tomandtomfilms.co.uk Facebook page: http://facebook.com/tomandtomfilms
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Something unparalleled for the weekend?
Personal choice is a many splendoured thing. Few chose the Sachs life… WORDS & PHOTOS by Grant Ford IT’S A ‘MARMITE BIKE’ and opinions vary, love it or hate it. When I first spied the ugly nose cone protruding from a crate I thought, that’s got Sachs appeal… One of the founding fathers of two-wheeled…
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Destination fun!
BSA’s top of the range roadster may have been ‘competition equipped’ but its real role was as a crowd-pleasing road-burner. Fifty years later, its vivid performance still thrills rapid riders WORDS & PHOTOS BY Stuart Urquhart. Additional images from Mortons Archive “! BLAME TATTIE WATT for turning up at our local bike meet on a…
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MASSIVE POWER FOR A VALIANT EFFORT
Words: Oliver Hulme / Photos Hesketh Motorcycles REBORN high-end marque Hesketh Motorcycles has announced its third new model, and it’s among the most powerful road-legal motorcycles in the world. The Valiant SC roadster owes its name to the legendary Vickers V-Force nuclear bomber. It offers 210bhp from its supercharged 2.1 litre V-twin, and inevitably has…
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TRIUMPH DAYTONA: GRAND NATIONAL
Triumph’s ohv twins could go very fast. This is a re-creation of a very, very fast Triumph, then… WORDS & PHOTOS BY Nolan Woodbury. Additional images from Mortons Archive RIVALLED IN HISTORY only by Harley-Davidson, the Triumph name grew to become synonymous with motorcycling itself. Internationally cherished, especially in the USA, Triumph was stealing races (and…
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