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  • BSA M24 Gold Star

    BSA M24 Gold Star

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    ‘World’s finest standard sports 500’. So boasted BSA… but to some, Gold Stars are overpriced and unnecessary, though to many others – including our scribe – BSA was quite right, and they are simply the best ohv singles ever made…

  • Norton Navigator

    Norton Navigator

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    The Norton Navigator was never that popular in its day, though then – as now – it had its devotees…

  • BSA CB34 1954

    BSA CB34 1954

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    The Clubman Gold Star is one of the most iconic and revered motorcycles ever made. This CB34 is a touch earlier – and rarer – than the more usual Clubman DBDs, but it still has plenty of pedigree…

  • Matchless G12 CSR

    Matchless G12 CSR

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    Sports twins were very much in vogue at the turn of the 60s and the offerings from AMC in Matchless and AJS guise were up among the best

  • Ariel KH

    Ariel KH

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    The Ariel KH perhaps lacked the glamour of some of the other 500cc twins available in the 1950s, but it had a lot going for it…

  • Vincent V-twin

    Vincent V-twin

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    What is the ultimate classic motorcycle? The model that the whole movement is based on? That’s right, the Vincent V-twin. Jim Reynolds rides a brand new Vincent V-twin…

  • Buying Guide: Royal Enfield Meteor 700 (1953)

    Buying Guide: Royal Enfield Meteor 700 (1953)

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    Mark Mumford owns one of the very first true British superbikes. And RealClassics gave it an award…

  • Buying Guide: BSA A65 Thunderbolt (1968)

    Buying Guide: BSA A65 Thunderbolt (1968)

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    Forty-two years after it rolled off the production line, owner Tony Clements reckons that it’s possible to keep an 650 Thunderbolt in better-than-new condition, and he’s got the prizes to prove it…

  • Buying Guide: Suzuki RE5M

    Buying Guide: Suzuki RE5M

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    Suzuki’s rotary-engined RE5 was a high tech but heavy and thirsty alternative to conventional piston-engined superbikes. Not surprisingly, it didn’t catch on…

  • Buying Guide: Suzuki RE5M

    Buying Guide: Suzuki RE5M

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    Suzuki’s rotary-engined RE5 was a high tech but heavy and thirsty alternative to conventional piston-engined superbikes. Not surprisingly, it didn’t catch on…


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