Ian Kerr

  • The one and only Matchless G12 police issue

    The one and only Matchless G12 police issue

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    We’re all familiar with Triumph Saints, Velocette ‘Noddy bikes’ and Interpol Commandos, but what about a big twin Matchless? This is probably the only survivor.

  • Rebuilding an Indian Powerplus

    Rebuilding an Indian Powerplus

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    What should you do if you find yourself with a load of old Indian motorcycle bits? Why, build up a machine, obviously, as best as you can and with what’s to hand.

  • Rare rides: Triumph Thruxton Bonneville

    Rare rides: Triumph Thruxton Bonneville

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    The Triumph Bonneville was perhaps ‘the’ motorcycling sportster of the 1960s – so what does that make the rare ‘Thruxton’ production racing variant?

  • Road test: Norton Jubilee vs Triumph Twenty One

    Road test: Norton Jubilee vs Triumph Twenty One

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    There was a craze in the late 1950s to attract riders away from scooters onto motorcycles, with machines that were shrouded in panels and finished in natty colours, as exampled here.

  • Belgian beauty: Saroléa Model 25P

    Belgian beauty: Saroléa Model 25P

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    Though perhaps not that well known outside its home market, the firm of Saroléa has a long and illustrious history of making quality products, as exampled by this fine machine.


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