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Runs should be fun
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Runs should be fun

The club run is an integral part of the old motorcycle scene. During 2020, a variation on the usual theme emerged, enabling people to ride in the company of like-minded souls.

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3 mins  |
April 2021
Hybrid chicken
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Hybrid chicken

BSA Bantams come in many forms, and the ability to interchange parts between different models permits an almost endless number of variants.

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7 mins  |
February 2021
Green WITH ENVY
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Green WITH ENVY

Life aboard a 1950s 350cc British single is perhaps as good and as uncomplicated as it can get.

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9 mins  |
February 2021
Worth the wait
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Worth the wait

Captivated by sight of one as a small boy, finally our man has the chance to try an NSU Max.And a ‘Spezial’ one at that…

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10 mins  |
February 2021
The Motorcycle: DESIGN, ART AND DESIRE
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The Motorcycle: DESIGN, ART AND DESIRE

The concluding part of a two-part feature, in which the history of motorcycle evolution is examined and a new book’s author interviewed.

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7 mins  |
February 2021
Cream rises
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Cream rises

There were several ‘star performers’ at Bonhams’ winter sale, as the choice machines achieved huge sums.

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4 mins  |
February 2021
The Giant of Provence
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The Giant of Provence

With so few events to report from, it’s time to look back over a spectacular French event and look forward to its hopeful resumption.

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8 mins  |
February 2021
Store cupboard special
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Store cupboard special

A big box of presents? Must be Christmas! More deliveries keep the project on track.

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6 mins  |
February 2021
By 1929, CJP Dodson was a bona fide top level road racer, pretty much unbeatable on the sand, too.
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By 1929, CJP Dodson was a bona fide top level road racer, pretty much unbeatable on the sand, too.

The diminutive Charlie Dodson was the last man to win a TT, the 1928 Senior, on a ‘flat-tank’ machine, then the next year became the first (and only) winner of a TT on a saddle tank Sunbeam, as well as recording the last ever success in the Island for the Marston maker.

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3 mins  |
February 2021
Cassandra the Canadian Commando
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Cassandra the Canadian Commando

After landing a new job and with time on his hands, a young man in Vancouver decided to restore a British motorcycle considerably older than him.

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8 mins  |
February 2021
A brief chat with... Paul Goff
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A brief chat with... Paul Goff

Interviewing for these ‘chat’ features has revealed a regular theme – the subject has become involved in fettling old motorcycles because of a personal experience.

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5 mins  |
February 2021
Pitching a ride
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Pitching a ride

The long-running sport of motoball arrived at Brooklands for the first time, in September 2020.

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10 mins  |
January 2021
Muddled Tiger
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Muddled Tiger

‘Looks like it’s standing still when it’s doing 100mph’, rockers sneered. What’s the truth behind Triumph’s first unit sports 500?

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8 mins  |
January 2021
Where does the passenger go?
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Where does the passenger go?

Dictionaries inform the sidecar is: ‘a jaunting-car; small car attached to the side of a motorcycle; kind of cocktail.’ We’ll forget jaunting-cars and cocktails, but how did the world arrive at the sidecar? And what came before?

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10+ mins  |
January 2021
Training run
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Training run

Sidecar ace and passenger, plus a future winner, learning the TT’s Mountain Course.

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1 min  |
January 2021
Store Cupboard Special
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Store Cupboard Special

On to part six, and momentum is still being maintained, I though the shopping list is growing ever-longer.

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9 mins  |
January 2021
Changing times
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Changing times

As the Roaring Twenties drew to a close, JAP focussed heavily on improvements, including to lubrication, though, happily, they still found time for the odd whacky engine.

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2 mins  |
January 2021
Engine timing
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Engine timing

It’s worth making sure your engine is timed correctly. Here, it’s explained and exampled on an engine which is all a motorcyclist really needs (according to some, anyway…) – the single cylinder four-stroke.

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7 mins  |
January 2021
A brief chat with...Al Osborn
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A brief chat with...Al Osborn

From crystal radio sets to current electrical affairs, Al Osborn has had a lifetime of understanding the mystical substance which ignites our engines.

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4 mins  |
January 2021
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Money Matters

In 1977, when this example was made, the 250cc CZ twin was the cheapest motorcycle of its capacity and class on the market.

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7 mins  |
December 2020
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Brotherly love

Colin Jansen built himself a BSA café racer twin just like he’d wanted in the 1960s – his brother liked it so much, he had Colin make him one too.

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10+ mins  |
December 2020
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The brilliant Benellis

World title success in 1950 was the highlight for the family firm from Pesaro, on the eastern Italy coast.

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8 mins  |
December 2020
Go with the flow…
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Go with the flow…

... or not, as the current peters out, meaning that there’s some more figuring out required.

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7 mins  |
December 2020
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Store cupboard special

This is the fifth monthly instalment, t and we’re back on track – of sorts, at least.

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7 mins  |
December 2020
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Hero hacks

A rarely seen original Royal Enfield 250 Clipper on the Isle of Wight provides an interesting contrast with the writer’s side-valve BSA from the same era.

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10 mins  |
December 2020
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Five-studs

In double-quick time, the JAP speedway engine became the unit of choice if you wanted to win, a situation which remained for more than three decades.

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3 mins  |
December 2020
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Fitting tribute

This replica of the 1970 and 1971 British ISDT Trophy team machines is a testament to their creator, Eric Cheney.

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10 mins  |
December 2020
Deeprose and Pertwee
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Deeprose and Pertwee

Doctor Who tries out a rejuvenated Triumph.

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1 min  |
December 2020
A brief chat with... Patrick Bramman
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A brief chat with... Patrick Bramman

Of the many reasons to join the VMCC, wanting to race isn’t perhaps the most common one – and once you’re in...

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5 mins  |
December 2020
Top Level Twosome
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Top Level Twosome

The second and final part of our story on the racing careers of the New Milton-based Rickman brothers covers the glorious days of the 1960s.

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10+ mins  |
November 2020

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