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If you’re going to rebuild a burned-out Ariel Huntmaster, then you’re going to need spare parts. Lots of them. We present Frank Westworth’s guide to autojumbling for idiots…

Is this any way to restore a traditional British classic bike? The story of Frank Westworth’s improbable rebuild continues. Slowly…

Only an expert or an optimist would attempt to rebuild a totally burned-out classic motorcycle. So here’s Frank Westworth’s guide to stripping down for idiots…

How to spend uncounted piles of money over many years in the fond hope that a shiny Ariel Huntmaster will arise from its own ashes. Frank Westworth tells an episodic tale from the shed…

Morgan’s JAP-powered Aero and a James delivery truck are more like motorcycles than you might think…

Team Paton was the most enduring privateer effort in Grand Prix racing, with a presence in the world’s top championship, which began in 1967 with the four-stroke twin-effort and, with a short break, ran through until 2001. Malc Wheeler rides the last of the great privateer GP bikes…

The End. It’s been over a year, but now The End is finally at hand. Frank Westworth rides his rebuild…

This is it. This really is The End. All twelve-part series should have at least thirteen parts, don’t you agree? And this is the last. I think I’d have to commit either ritual murder or ritual suicide if I wrote any more about this once-singed motorcycle. Frank Westworth looks back over the rebuild and considers…

Panther claimed ‘the Perfect Motorcycle’ in its catalogue of 1911, and it had earned a formidable reputation as a sidecar hauler, but popularity was waning as four-wheelers were becoming more appealing to the family motorist. Phil Mather takes a look at a 600cc Model 100 version of the breed…