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  • Road Test: Cotton Blackburne

    Road Test: Cotton Blackburne

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    Cotton, as a motorcycle manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked. Best of all, the frame allowed all of the performance to be used. Roy Poynting explains…

  • Road Test: Cotton Blackburne

    Road Test: Cotton Blackburne

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    Cotton, as a motorcycle manufacturer, didn’t stray from the ‘straight tube’ frame building philosophy in the 1920s and 30s. That was because it was a design that worked. Best of all, the frame allowed all of the performance to be used. Roy Poynting explains…

  • Eppynt road race may 1953

    Eppynt road race may 1953

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    With sunshine bathing the Brecknockshire mountains, spectators perched on those slopes were treated to a day of racing which, said Motor Cycling, ‘…could hardly have been bettered’

  • Kawasaki KX500

    Kawasaki KX500

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    How special are works bikes? Just ‘special’ or ‘very special’? CDB asks the question and Dave King answers…

  • Honda CB400F

    Honda CB400F

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    Honda’s CB400F four of 1978 was a ground-breaking machine, a little bike with a big heart that took to the race track with glee…

  • Kawasaki Z400 rebuild: 3

    Kawasaki Z400 rebuild: 3

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    After owner Steve tracks down some serviceable second hand pistons for his Kawsaki Z400 twin – and splashes out for some new rings – Rod Gibson completes the engine rebuild…

  • Kawasaki Z400 rebuild: 2

    Kawasaki Z400 rebuild: 2

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    Rod Gibson orders parts from Z-Power and is told that his Kawasaki twin is an older 400, not what he thought…

  • Yamaha XT500 part three

    Yamaha XT500 part three

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    With the engine reassembled, Rod turns his attention to the frame and ancillary components…

  • Suzuki GS750 rebuild part one

    Suzuki GS750 rebuild part one

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    Our Suzuki had started to burn a little oil and dropping out of gear, so Rod Gibson thought it time for an overhaul. First of three parts…

  • Suzuki GS750 rebuild part two

    Suzuki GS750 rebuild part two

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    Second part of Rod Gibson’s Suzuki GS750 engine overhaul. Here he surveys the damage…


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