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  • Road Test: BSA C10L

    Road Test: BSA C10L

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    Never likely to set the pulses racing and often dismissed as ‘grey porridge’ and heaved onto the scrap man’s wagon, this BSA C10L – so representative of an era – is now a rarity. And that’s a real shame, because it has a charm which was overlooked when originally on sale. James Robinson explains…

  • Cooper tests YCRT Yamaha

    Cooper tests YCRT Yamaha

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    Ferry Brouwer’s Yamaha Classic Racing Team tested at Assen in April with Gloucester racer Dan Cooper, ahead of his ride on the OW45 Yamaha which he will race in August’s Isle of Man Classic TT Races…

  • Buying Guide: Yamaha RD250

    Buying Guide: Yamaha RD250

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    Yamaha’s RD250 two stroke twin was the first production bike to use reed valves to help deliver some midrange without killing performance elsewhere. But they were viewed with suspicion…

  • Ending a 12 year hurt

    Ending a 12 year hurt

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    Peter Williams, Norton factory rider and designer of the team’s new monocoque-framed machine, gave the company a well-overdue victory in the 1973 Formula 750 TT…

  • Road Test: Triumph Bonneville

    Road Test: Triumph Bonneville

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    With the Triumph Bonneville celebrating its silver jubilee, the VMCC chose to offer up one such machine for their Christmas raffle prize. Always keen on a bargain, Jim Reynolds went to sample his quid’s worth…

  • Buying Guide: Yamaha RD250

    Buying Guide: Yamaha RD250

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    Yamaha’s RD250 two stroke twin was the first production bike to use reed valves to help deliver some midrange without killing performance elsewhere. But they were viewed with suspicion…

  • Reference: A Triumphant tale

    Reference: A Triumphant tale

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    Triumph specialist Hughie Hancox spent many happy years at Meriden and had a ‘right royal time’. Here he shares some anecdotes, from archery in the Packing Department to covering up for test rider Percy Tait when a policeman chased him into the factory canteen…

  • Road Test: Triumph Bonneville

    Road Test: Triumph Bonneville

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    With the Triumph Bonneville celebrating its silver jubilee, the VMCC chose to offer up one such machine for their Christmas raffle prize. Always keen on a bargain, Jim Reynolds went to sample his quid’s worth…

  • July/Aug Classic Racer on sale!

    July/Aug Classic Racer on sale!

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    At home with Bazza – Classic Racer shares a day in the Sheene workshop. Plus Gilera four tested, real not a replica, an hour with bright light track star Conor Cummins and all the usual regulars. Don’t miss it!

  • Honda CBX anniversary watch

    Honda CBX anniversary watch

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    To help celebrate 35 years of six-cylinder silliness from Honda, the guys and girls at the CBX1000.US site have come up with this beauty…


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