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  • Laverda 500 – the twin that came oh, so close

    Laverda 500 – the twin that came oh, so close

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    ’Ullo, ’ullo! What’s an Italian motorcycle doing on Steve Cooper’s Japanese pages? It’s all about comparisons and giving praise where it’s due, that’s what – and something the more extreme ‘Jap knockers’ might consider reciprocating once in a while?  

  • Take five – whichever suits your style

    Take five – whichever suits your style

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    Before Royal Enfield’s sensationally-styled Continental GT made its debut, the 250cc Crusader line had already evolved into two variations on a very agreeable five-speed theme – the leading link front fork Super 5 and the sporty-looking Continental. This is how the road testers of the day saw them. 

  • The need to diversify

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    Though his primary interest was producing high-quality performance machines, Philip Vincent was keen to look at other opportunities too. 

  • Spiritual homage

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    With lots of late 1960s and 1970s BMWs ending up as café racers this more authentic take, paying tribute to the beautiful Rennsport, makes a refreshing change.  

  • Replicas, specials, fakes and forgeries

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    The seamy world of fakes, replicas and specials is one which can be navigated when armed with an understanding of what constitutes those terms, as well as a bit of nous to ensure you’re not being taken for a ride. 

  • Flying machine

    Flying machine

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    There are few motorcycles which are in an elevated class, separated from the vast majority of their peers. This, though, is one of them. 

  • The remarkable feats of Harry Lorraine

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    Always the showman, film star (and stuntman) Harry Lorraine sought to thrill audiences across Great Britain in the 1920s with his many acts of daring astride his Douglas flat-twin motorcycle.  

  • Scrambled egg

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    Take a tall frame, add a torquey twin engine, high bars and high pipes, and head for the countryside! 

  • The new Noir

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    Triumph’s new Bonnie looks best in black, so we’re told. We’re also told that the new T120 is close in spirit to the original T120. Hmmm… 

  • Farther, faster

    Farther, faster

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    For some high mileage sports riders of the 1970s, the standard R90S wasn’t quite sufficient 


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