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  • FROM THE ARCHIVE: The longest day

    FROM THE ARCHIVE: The longest day

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    France’s Bol d’Or 24-hour race celebrates its centenary this year. Here, we have a brilliant action photograph from the 1924 edition, where solos and sidecars ran together.

  • Tested: Alcosense Lite 2

    Tested: Alcosense Lite 2

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    Being only 18, I’m new to both bikes and alcohol, so my dad got me one of these for Christmas: the AlcoSense Lite 2. He felt it was important for me to be careful about the ‘morning after’ when it came for me to head out on my Yamaha TW125 or TDR125 when I needed…

  • Tested: ABBA Superbike Stand

    Tested: ABBA Superbike Stand

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    After 10 years of faithful service, my ABBA Superbike Stand has been retired. Well, sort of… it’s gone to another home.

  • Our Best Picks: Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Diary of 1000 Rides

    Our Best Picks: Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Diary of 1000 Rides

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    An absolute must-have for motorbike enthusiasts is the VMCC’s new book: Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Diary of 1000 Rides!

  • A whole world of engineering history

    A whole world of engineering history

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    You’ve been in the motorcycle equivalent of hibernation for what feels like an age…

  • Commuters, also-rans & alternatives: Honda VF400/500

    Commuters, also-rans & alternatives: Honda VF400/500

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    Honda has, it cannot be denied, consistently been one of the most innovative and ingenious automotive companies that the world has ever seen but, argues Steve Cooper, with the VF400 and VF500, was it just too clever for its own good?

  • BSB’s British BOOST! – Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham

    BSB’s British BOOST! – Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham

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    British motorcycle racing in the mid-1990s was a disparate amalgam of various series, TV-only events and confusing formulae which only the committed race fan could understand… then came ‘BSB’ with an added BOOST!

  • BSA Bantham D3 – The little grey fellow

    BSA Bantham D3 – The little grey fellow

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    This relatively rare interim 148cc Bantam, between the 125cc and the 175cc, was still a useful step up from the popular D1.

  • ShowStoppers: the Evolution of the Motorcycle

    ShowStoppers: the Evolution of the Motorcycle

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    You might not expect to find an amazing array of outstanding motorcycles displayed at a club event in New Zealand.

  • Think about yourself

    Think about yourself

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    Matt thinks it’s good to be selfish…

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