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  • Cadwell pics parte the seventh

    Cadwell pics parte the seventh

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    When Colin’s nephew gave me this batch when we worked for a Lincoln company in the 1980s, he had a huge pile of the card-backed prints. I just wonder what happened to them all if

  • Rebuild | Triumph unit twin: I’ll do that later…

    Rebuild | Triumph unit twin: I’ll do that later…

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    In the quest to assemble the big bits as quickly as possible, the details often have to wait. Words and photographs: Tim Britton I doubt anyone who has assembled a motorcycle of any sort will

  • Spot that frame damage

    Spot that frame damage

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    Visit any autojumble and you’ll find many motorcycle frames on offer and you’ll see enthusiasts happily buying the most unpromising structures. Are they mad, or do they know something we don’t? Words and photographs: RICHARD

  • Jewel of a motorcycle

    Jewel of a motorcycle

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    This fabulous Royal Ruby V-twin has a rather regal bearing, which issomewhat ironic, as it was the overthrow of the Russian royal familythat most likely led to its non-delivery. Words: Rachael Clegg Photographs: Gary Chapman/Mortons

  • A brief chat with… the Association of Pioneer Motor Cyclists

    A brief chat with… the Association of Pioneer Motor Cyclists

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    Club life is a good way to be involved. Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: BRIAN SLARK It’s a slightly different take on our brief chat for this month as we’re talking to a club rather than

  • Men who mattered: Mick Walker

    Men who mattered: Mick Walker

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    He bought a scooter, and was satisfied with that, until a go on a friend’s motorcycle proved revelatory. There are people who’ve written a lot of books – and then there’s Mick Walker. The author

  • Hello…

    Hello…

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    What a great cover photo on your July 2019 issue: London’s Metropolitan police officers on the Noddy Course. When the Met put hundreds of officers on two wheels in the late 1950s, many of them

  • Suzuki TM400

    Suzuki TM400

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    Was Suzuki’s big TM the final frontier? Steve Cooper goes where no man has gone before to reveal the truth. In late 1969 or early 1970 someone at Suzuki’s Hamamatsu HQ came up with the

  • Darlo dreams

    Darlo dreams

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    This picture (left) could have been taken in 1948 but was actually taken last month. It shows my 1951 BSA C11 next to Tornado, which was the first steam locomotive built in Britain for 50

  • Special interest

    Special interest

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    This fascinating, charming and ultra-rare motorcycle comes from the early days of Vincent-HRD manufacture. Words: James Robinson Photographs: Gary Chapman When I was a child, I was obsessed with a book called ‘The Vincent HRD


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