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  • Island racer

    Island racer

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    If you’d to define the word ‘classic’ in motorcycle terms then Norton’s Manx racing models would be at the top of the list. But, what are they like to ride? OBM popped along to a Master Class at Cadwell Park to find out

  • Moto Guzzi Lodola

    Moto Guzzi Lodola

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    The Moto Guzzi Lodola pictured here has an enviable competition history. Used by Italian Gianfranco Saini, it participated in two of the prestigious International Six Days Trials during the 60s. Cristiano Morello relates the tale…

  • Road Test: Harley-Davidson XR1000

    Road Test: Harley-Davidson XR1000

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    Neil Murray shatters the Surrey peace when he gets aboard an extremely rare, fire-breathing, road-going replica of their all-conquering Harley-Davidson US dirt track racers of the Seventies…

  • Ariel 4G and Watsonian

    Ariel 4G and Watsonian

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    Double adult Watsonian ‘Warwick’ sidecar partnered to Ariel’s Sqaure Four. What a combination!

  • 1938 Earls Court Motorcycle Show

    1938 Earls Court Motorcycle Show

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    Machines ranging from motorised bicycles at £17 17s to a gold-finished luxury four-cylinder motorcycle at £185

  • Douglas Ladies

    Douglas Ladies

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    Motorcycles aimed at lady riders were common once. Tim Holmes recounts the story of one such model.

  • Indian Warrior PDF

    Indian Warrior PDF

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    Indian’s Warrior was brilliantly conceived but poorly executed; a requiem for Indian by Richard Renstrom

  • Gnome et Rhone

    Gnome et Rhone

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    Brian Woolley admires Gnome et Rhone’s translation of the British ABC

  • Laverda 1000

    Laverda 1000

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    Laverda’s spectacular 1000cc Jota triple was the first standard road bike to break the 140mph barrier at MIRA’s proving ground. John Nutting recalls how the bike was developed

  • Workshop: BSA A50/A65 service notes

    Workshop: BSA A50/A65 service notes

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    Polly Palmer, proprietor of Bri-Tie Motorcycles and President of the BSA Owners Club, overhauls the A50/65


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