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  • Famous Last Words 8: If Ethanol Clogs Your Carburettor…

    Famous Last Words 8: If Ethanol Clogs Your Carburettor…

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    Frank Westworth muses upon the meaning of magical metal lurgy…

  • Famous Last Words: New Year Resolution

    Famous Last Words: New Year Resolution

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    You’re reading a website about old bikes, so presumably you like old bikes. But do you ride one? Frank Westworth is dazed and confused…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 24

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 24

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    Did you know that lots and lots of the very best, British-built AJS and Matchless motorcycles were exported to the USA? It came as a surprise to Frank Westworth…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 33

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 33

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    Last time Frank Westworth was dreaming about dream bikes. This time he’s wondering about owning just a single motorcycle. Which would you choose if you could have only one?

  • Famous Last Words 28: Hardly-Defined?

    Famous Last Words 28: Hardly-Defined?

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    Frank Westworth says he’s the same person regardless of whether he’s riding a Norton, a BMW, or a Harley-Davidson. So why do people treat him differently depending on which old bike he’s aboard?

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 35

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 35

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    Frank Westworth last attended the AJS and Matchless Owners’ Club’s remarkable Alternative Jampot Rally in 1990. Until this year…

  • Forward Planning

    Forward Planning

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    Fresh from surviving the Morini Riders’ Club outing at Cadwell Park, Martin Gelder presents a first timer’s guide to classic bike trackdays. The most fun you can have with your leathers on?

  • Famous Last Words 10: Facing Facts

    Famous Last Words 10: Facing Facts

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    Fiction is a wonderful thing in its place. That place shouldn’t really be in the description of a motorcycle, says Frank Westworth…

  • Famous Last Words 30: Nortons New and Old

    Famous Last Words 30: Nortons New and Old

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    If his choice of bikes isn’t terrible enough, the fact that he can afford one is worse! Frank Westworth is as bemused as ever…

  • Opinion: The BSA OC: Behind The Scenes

    Opinion: The BSA OC: Behind The Scenes

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    Want to know what an Owners’ Club is really like? A65Bill dishes the dirt with the inside story of the BSA Owners’ Club recent AGM…


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