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  • Workshop: Iconic engines: Villiers 37A

    Workshop: Iconic engines: Villiers 37A

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    That the Villiers two-stroke engine has been a major part of off-road motorcycling is fairly obvious but what is it like inside? What are the points to look out for? Classic Dirtbike magazine pulls one apart…

  • Workshop: Seat re-covering

    Workshop: Seat re-covering

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    When it comes to restoring motorcycles, you can almost bet your hat that the seat is going to be a bit tatty around the edges and requiring a bit of tlc. This month Steve Cooper brings us a guide to re-covering them…

  • Buying Guide: Kawasaki KE175B

    Buying Guide: Kawasaki KE175B

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    The KE175’s designers undoubtedly put a lot of thought into the design, ergonomics and practicality. When the getting down and dirty is finished the KE becomes a supremely usable road machine that’ll commute all day long…

  • VMCC winter wandering

    VMCC winter wandering

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    Organised by the Brooklands Section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, we looked in on one of its ‘Winter Wanderings’ road runs, starting from a cool and windswept Newlands Corner car park, on the top of the Downs near Guildford…

  • The way we were: April

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    New Douglas 348cc twins given an outing in 1914 at Brooklands, Royal Enfield announces a new quarter litre model in 1964 and Norton’s new twin-rotor Wankel-engined bike is received by the Press…

  • Archive image: The film Derby, June 1925

    Archive image: The film Derby, June 1925

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    The film Derby’ had a special – unique? – place in motorcycle sporting history, as it was still, in 1925, a true race, in contrivance of the ACU’s ban on speed events on the road…

  • Classic Camera: Dicing on the cheap, July 1964

    Classic Camera: Dicing on the cheap, July 1964

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    David Dixon pushes off the Stevens Velocette at the start of the 1964 Skerries 100, held 18 miles north of Dublin. It was part of a feature called Dicing on the Cheap…

  • The Classic MotorCycle out now – April 2014

    The Classic MotorCycle out now – April 2014

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    Norton Dominator 88 super profile, weird but wonderful Beardmore Precision, the Sunbeam story, BSA V-twin, men that mattered, plus all the usual archive material, tech features and columnists. On sale now!

  • Road Test: Triumph Trophy

    Road Test: Triumph Trophy

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    A gap in the chilly rains of late January made a test of this lovely 1950 Triumph Trophy trials bike practical. Never mind the cold, the Trophy sat there looking gorgeous, slim and minimalist in the way of machines born of competition use. I don’t mind getting cold to ride such a gem as this…

  • Road Test: Triumph Trophy

    Road Test: Triumph Trophy

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    A gap in the chilly rains of late January made a test of this lovely 1950 Triumph Trophy trials bike practical. Never mind the cold, the Trophy sat there looking gorgeous, slim and minimalist in the way of machines born of competition use. I don’t mind getting cold to ride such a gem as this…


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