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  • Obituary – Steve Murray

    Obituary – Steve Murray

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    Steve giving Tommy Robb some words of advice at Daytona. Cheshire has, over the years, produced many exciting and gifted racing motorcyclists of distinction, but one of the most loved and charismatic of all, Steve

  • ISDT ’73

    ISDT ’73

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    I really enjoyed your article and photos in CDB on the 1973 ISDT. It brought back many memories for me as I was there as a member of the RAF team alongside Jonathan Tye and

  • Square Four evolution

    Square Four evolution

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    While little cannot already have been written about the Ariel Square Four, it takes only a brief look through the Mortons Archive to reignite the intrigue this distinguished British design has always generated, writes Pete Kelly. 

  • Yamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out

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    Eyebrows were raised when Yamaha entered the ‘big single’ market in the 1970s – but it had done its homework thoroughly to put some tired old bogeys to rest, writes Steve Cooper.  

  • Cold hands, warm hearts on Moidart Peninsula Road Run

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    John McCrink reports on a decidedly wintry motorcycle road run in Scotland on Thursday, April 28. 

  • Happy feet as Alt-Berg sticks with tradition

    Happy feet as Alt-Berg sticks with tradition

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    Mick Payne visits a Yorkshire bootmaker with a proud tradition, after the very comfortable and practical boots they made for him 20 years ago were swiped from under his nose. 

  • Picturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany

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    If your perception of northern France is that it’s flat and boring, you need to experience the annual three-day Tour du Calvados, run by the Lue sur Mer-based Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Club, writes Ian Kerr. 

  • Foggy to ride Triumph legends at Goodwood Festival of Speed

    Foggy to ride Triumph legends at Goodwood Festival of Speed

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    Four-time world superbike champion Carl Fogarty will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed from June 23-26 for the first time in eight years. 

  • ‘Tangerine Dream’ winner announced

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    Peter Allan of Epsom, Surrey, is the lucky winner of the top prize in the National Motorcycle Museum’s Winter Raffle, a 1959 Triumph T120 ‘Tangerine Dream’ 650cc Bonneville. 

  • Vintage Tyres appoints new managing director

    Vintage Tyres appoints new managing director

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    Vintage Tyres, the world’s largest supplier of original-equipment tyres for enthusiast vehicles, has appointed Ben Field, who joined the company last June, as its new managing director. 


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