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Road Test: Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk2
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Moto Guzzi never did improve on the superbly designed original, as Rod Ker finds out in the saddle of its plastic-shrouded successor
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Road Test: Ducati 125 Sport
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Racing success and track development led to full showroom order books for Ducati’s road lightweights
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Road Test: Kawasaki H1 500
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Thirty years on, the 500 Kawasaki two stroke triple’s fearsome reputation for all-or-nothing engine power delivery seems over-exaggerated. However, it still provides excitement by the shed load, and at the time it must have been like being hit on the back of the head with a baseball bat. Rod Ker tries one out…
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Road Test: Norvil Commando
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Sometimes steady modification and improvements aren’t just quite enough and a radical rethink is necessary. Rod Ker tells the tale of how Norvil continues to prove that the twin is anything but dead…
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Kawasaki 750 H2 triples
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Kawasaki’s H2 wasn’t the first two-stroke triple but it’s now probably the most sought after. Prices have rocketed in the last few years. We ride them again to find out why…
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Yamaha TZ750
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Between testing road bikes in the 1970s and 80s, John Nutting was occasionally invited to try racing machines, such as Yamaha’s stunning TZ750 two-stroke four. It was a sobering experience…
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Norton International Model 30
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The overhead camshaft Norton is one of those motorcycles; it looks fast standing still. It could go a bit, too…
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Neander V-twin
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Visually striking and rarer than hen’s teeth, the Neander certainly stands out, with its designer clearly a man who knew his own mind…
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Rudge Special (1938)
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Though it was called a ‘Special’ the so-named model was actually the cooking 500cc single in the Rudge range – much to the embarrassment of one concours judge who awarded it first prize in the Specials’ Class at a classic show, much to the derision from Triton builders…
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Triumph TT Special
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If Tonka made motorcycles, then one can’t help thinking they’d make something like this chunky and purposeful TT Special. James Robinson reports…
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