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  • Famous Last Words 31: Almost Any Motorcycle is a Delight

    Famous Last Words 31: Almost Any Motorcycle is a Delight

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    Frank Westworth has inadvertently encouraged someone to buy a classic BSA C15. This may be an offence punishable on summary conviction…

  • Doris Lowe, Her Motorcycling Life – Part 2

    Doris Lowe, Her Motorcycling Life – Part 2

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    David Wright continues the story of a remarkable motorcyclist who took part in trials and displays; rode the largest capacity British bike of its time, and worked behind the scenes for decades for grassroots clubs and the national ACU…

  • Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 1

    Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 1

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    Back in the 1970s, Mocheck of Clapham fielded an array of racers. John Ryan shares a selection of his photographic memories of the time, from the track and back at the shop…

  • Opinion: London Bike Shows – Excel vs Ally Pally

    Opinion: London Bike Shows – Excel vs Ally Pally

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    This year – this week, in fact – there have been two competing motorcycle shows in London. Martin Gelder tries to pick a winner while making

  • Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

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    How do we define ourselves? By our jobs, the way we dress, or the music we like? By the bikes we ride or lust after? Episode two from Trevor Oz Brooks…

  • Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You

    Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You

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    Even though more of us fell off last year, motorcycling is getting safer. Fact. Martin Gelder wades through the Department for Transport Road Casualties Report to find out what causes motorcycle accidents…

  • Showing Off

    Showing Off

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    Steve Cooper of the VJMC gets controversial with his feelings about show-going trophy-hunters whose classic bikes don’t… actually… work…

  • Stocks, Shares and Sheds

    Stocks, Shares and Sheds

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    Richard McCann discovers that recession doesn’t only affect valve seats…

  • Famous Last Words 20: Emerging Classics

    Famous Last Words 20: Emerging Classics

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    Why do so many of us apparently need to categorise everything? Frank Westworth is bemused by the notion of an emerging classic…

  • Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 2

    Racing Days at Mocheck, Part 2

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    By 1976, Mocheck were enjoying enough success on the circuits that the company produced and sold a proddie race replica. John Ryan rode less and spent more time spannering, and shares a selection of his classic photographic memories of the era…


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