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  • A Norman conquest

    A Norman conquest

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    Piers Kurrein from Harrogate, who had a lovely Norman B2CS trials bike on show at The Girder Fork & Classic Motorcycle Club’s Big Bike Sunday at Skipton on June 26, tells about its history and long restoration.  

  • A Highland venture

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    By 1929, the Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT) had become a fixture in the British motorcycling calendar. Entrants, teams, officials and spectators fondly referred to it, then as now, as their annual ‘holiday in the Highlands.’  

  • Grandma on a motorcycle

    Grandma on a motorcycle

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    With a cheery wave, a well-buttoned cardigan and a pair of stout shoes, this go-anywhere granny was headed for the hills.  

  • Dark day at the races

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    With a tragic accident during Friday practice and then a hugely disappointing crowd, enthusiasm was dampened further by race day morning rain. But, gradually, the sun came out and the racing was actually rather good. 

  • Eagle soars again

    Eagle soars again

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    This freshly restored 350cc JAP-engined Coventry-Eagle has returned to the road for the first time in more than half a century.  

  • Mystery train

    Mystery train

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    This oil-in-frame 650cc T120 Bonneville emerged from the confusion of the Meriden blockade. Today it pulls like a train – but is a bit of a mystery… 

  • Small but strong

    Small but strong

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    The BSA C11 was a solid, workmanlike motorcycle, possessing many of the attributes of its bigger brethren, presented in a pint-sized package.  

  • UneXpected pleasure

    UneXpected pleasure

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    A big, overweight, wobbly sidecar tug, right? Well, no, that’s not what the late Matchless Model X is at all.  

  • Portway promenade

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    Lovely period photograph, from June 1933, of motorcyclists and their machines lined on the Portway, Bristol. ‘… the fine concrete road and promenade running beside the river Avon in the deep Avon Gorge at Clifton, a suburb of Bristol.’Lovely period photograph, from June 1933, of motorcyclists and their machines lined on the Portway, Bristol. ‘……

  • Thierry Rapicault TZ250: That’s a works bike!

    Thierry Rapicault TZ250: That’s a works bike!

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    Every racing motorcycle has a story to tell, but a chance encounter with Carlos Lavado revealed that this TZ may have a more interesting history than most. At that moment we could not have guessed


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