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  • Mix and match

    Mix and match

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    In the motorcycle world there are any number of reasons to create a special with components from various sources. These reasons range from ‘couldn’t afford a catalogued machine’ to ‘the standard offerings weren’t right’ and

  • Building on success

    Building on success

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    The Seventies: the world was changing, MX had come along and only the die-hards called it scrambling and bemoaned the fact this foreign takeover of our sport would be the end of civilisation. This attitude

  • Missing a trick: Yamaha RD250

    Missing a trick: Yamaha RD250

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    Heresy: it’s a little less than heresy that the best all round learner of the early 1970s has pretty much fallen off the radar.

  • Beem Me Up: BMW’s R100 RS

    Beem Me Up: BMW’s R100 RS

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    Aerodynamics help turn a flat twin into a tourer that can boldly go where no Scoop has been before: BMW’s R100 RS.

  • An expert’s Cota

    An expert’s Cota

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      In the Seventies, trials riders had pretty decent machinery to choose from to tackle their sport. Thanks to the efforts of Sammy Miller, Mick Andrews, Don Smith and Gordon Farley the Spanish industry was

  • Feature: Yammagamma Ding Dong

    Feature: Yammagamma Ding Dong

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    The formula for any truly great sporting machine is an easy one to concoct, despite many trying and failing in the past.

  • Vince and his Yamaha RD350LC

    Vince and his Yamaha RD350LC

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    What do you do when you want something so bad it hurts?

  • Proddie TT – Knocking on 120mph

    Proddie TT – Knocking on 120mph

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    The early 1980s saw a resurgence in Production racing on the mainland.

  • 1987: Czech GP – “in those days the gravel was a bit coarser”

    1987: Czech GP – “in those days the gravel was a bit coarser”

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    Driving in to the Automotodrom Brno today is much like any other European racetrack: masses of traffic in modern hatchbacks & rowdy bikers.

  • Jon Ekerold – Last king of a wild frontier

    Jon Ekerold – Last king of a wild frontier

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    This is the story of a solo Grand Prix World Champion’s return to the TT.


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