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  • Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 20 – Playing in the Dirt

    Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 20 – Playing in the Dirt

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    If you want to ride your classic bike roughshod, then you simply can’t beat the real thing! Frank Westworth’s been playing in the dirt…

  • Classic Motorcycle Mechanic’s Workshop Q&A

    Classic Motorcycle Mechanic’s Workshop Q&A

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    Our very own wizened sages, Messrs Mark Haycock and Steve Cooper, are here to answer all of your woes, be they mechanical or spiritual. Every month we will be giving advice, as well as some general tips. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, too.

  • From the archive: 1962 was the year when…

    From the archive: 1962 was the year when…

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    …Sammy Miller won his first of five SSDTs and the quarter litre scrambles class gained world championship status.

  • Winds of Change

    Winds of Change

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    By 1936, BSA were in a trough. For once, their competition team ofBert Perrigo, Jack Amott, Harold Flook and Marjorie Cottle failed to win a major trial, and sales, although steady, weren’t picking up, as the UK struggled out of the world recession. Time for a different approach.

  • From the archive: 1952 was the year when…

    From the archive: 1952 was the year when…

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    Sometimes a chance comment changes the direction of a feature ever so slightly… in this case, by spanning a few more decades.

  • Dressed to Thrill: BSA Rocket Gold Star

    Dressed to Thrill: BSA Rocket Gold Star

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    This BSA Rocket Gold Star isn’t perhaps what it appears to be – but then its owner is perfectly happy to acknowledge that.

  • Book of the Week: Taking it to the Limit

    Book of the Week: Taking it to the Limit

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    Our book of the week this time around is Taking it to the Limit by the award-winning Peter Starr!

  • Blast from the Past- AMC Anorak 19 – Life of Lore

    Blast from the Past- AMC Anorak 19 – Life of Lore

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    No matter how much (probably useless) information you acquire, there is always more. Frank Westworth looks back on a life of lore…

  • Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 18 – Underdog

    Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 18 – Underdog

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    How do some folk get to be famous? Why do people rate Triumph and Norton engines so highly? Frank Westworth champions the AJS & Matchless underdog…

  • Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 15 – Swearing’s Caring

    Blast from the Past – AMC Anorak 15 – Swearing’s Caring

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    Things rarely turn out the way you expect, even if your expectations were pretty modest! Frank Westworth always wanted to be an expert…


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