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  • Kawasaki hosts ‘40 Years of Z’ at Bike Show

    Kawasaki hosts ‘40 Years of Z’ at Bike Show

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    This year’s NEC Motorcycle Live show wasn’t just about the modern tackle. Creating a uniquely classic feel on the Kawasaki stand was a fantastic 40th anniversary display of Z machines…

  • Norton Ariel Four

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    ‘Specials’ are in a class of their own, particularly when it comes to taking on someone else’s unfinished project. Mike Lewis looks at the marriage of Ariel’s 997cc four-cylinder motor with Norton’s fine-handling wideline ‘Featherbed’ chassis…

  • Road Test: Triumph TRW

    Road Test: Triumph TRW

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    Jim Reynolds rides a smart Triumph TRW, the side-valve 500cc twin that was standard issue to the Nato forces in the 1950s and 60s. It’s been a while since Jim had ridden a TRW but the bike’s quiet charm is perfect for making friends…

  • Road Test: Triumph TRW

    Road Test: Triumph TRW

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    Jim Reynolds rides a smart Triumph TRW, the side-valve 500cc twin that was standard issue to the Nato forces in the 1950s and 60s. It’s been a while since Jim had ridden a TRW but the bike’s quiet charm is perfect for making friends…

  • Hegarty and Mackman join Norton for TT 2013 challenge

    Hegarty and Mackman join Norton for TT 2013 challenge

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    Norton has announced an all-British two-man line up for their 2013 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy campaign…

  • The way we were: December 1913

    The way we were: December 1913

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    The All-British Engine Company invited selected members of the press to view its new 3½hp horizontally opposed ohv twin-cylinder engine at Brooklands…

  • The way we were: December 1938

    The way we were: December 1938

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    Having announced its coming season’s range in autumn 1937, BSA unveiled a new inexpensive simple lightweight in January aimed at the economy market…

  • Classic Camera: High-flying Brett, July 1949

    Classic Camera: High-flying Brett, July 1949

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    Jack Brett leaps into the air, at Oliver’s Mount in 1949. Aboard his Norton, Brett finished third in the 350cc final, bested by Dickie Dale and Syd Barnett…

  • The way we were: December 1963

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    A Motor Cycle feature from January 10 led with ‘take an isolated race circuit high in the Eifel Mountains, name a day in winter when the weather is sure to be bad, and then send a clarion call to motor-cycle enthusiasts. That was the formula for the German Elephant held at the Nurburgring last weekend’…

  • New Villiers products

    New Villiers products

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    Two new products should appeal to Villiers owners. First is a kickstart, available in two shaft sizes, and the second is a piston kit for 31A through to 37A models…


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