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    New products

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    Sidestand extensions to prevent the bike falling over on soft surfaces and a new tyre pressuring monitoring system, which keeps you legal and is a great safety aid, too…

  • Workshop: Yamaha XT500 part one

    Workshop: Yamaha XT500 part one

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    Rod Gibson dons his workshop overalls and reveals the engine assembly procedure for Yamaha’s big single cylinder trailie, the XT500, then turns his attention to restoring the frame and running gear…

  • Workshop: Starter motor overhaul

    Workshop: Starter motor overhaul

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    Starter motors on Japanese motorcycles can have a pretty hard life, and we do take them for granted. Rod Gibson brings one up to scratch…

  • Workshop: Yamaha XT500 part one

    Workshop: Yamaha XT500 part one

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    Rod Gibson dons his workshop overalls and reveals the engine assembly procedure for Yamaha’s big single cylinder trailie, the XT500, then turns his attention to restoring the frame and running gear…

  • Workshop: Starter motor overhaul

    Workshop: Starter motor overhaul

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    Starter motors on Japanese motorcycles can have a pretty hard life, and we do take them for granted. Rod Gibson brings one up to scratch…

  • Last chance to get a Hi-boy!

    Last chance to get a Hi-boy!

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    During the 1970s trials legend Sammy Miller made excellent frames for Bultaco trials bikes under the Hi-Boy name. Advantages included less weight, an integral bash plate and a plated finish…

  • Gearing up for trials running

    Gearing up for trials running

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    Not long before the Manx Two Day Trial on August 25 and only a few months before the Scottish. Both these trials have a few things in common – excellent sections, great scenery, good company and a high mileage…

  • Manx GP kicks off

    Manx GP kicks off

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    First qualifying session for the 2012 Manx Grand Prix Festival got underway yesterday evening on the Isle of Man with conditions reported as good on the Mountain Course…

  • Reference: Norton-JAP ‘Thor’

    Reference: Norton-JAP ‘Thor’

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    ‘Thor’ is an appropriate name for this thundering V-twin. This historic JAP-powered V-twin sprinter was rescued before it was dismantled for its engine. James Robinson takes up the story…

  • Reference: Norton-JAP ‘Thor’

    Reference: Norton-JAP ‘Thor’

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    ‘Thor’ is an appropriate name for this thundering V-twin. This historic JAP-powered V-twin sprinter was rescued before it was dismantled for its engine. James Robinson takes up the story…


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