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Honda’s CB500 – the four that shaped the future
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Inspiring, viceless and utterly reliable – Honda’s CB500 four made so much more sense than its larger-capacity brethren that those same virtues still hold true today, writes Steve Cooper.
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When 200 Lucky Strike would keep a bike secure!
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Geoffrey Le Marquand fondly recalls the time when, as a merchant seaman, he had to find ingenious ways of putting his BSA twin into safe storage while he was away at sea.
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A fabulous ride – but understanding Alzheimer’s is vitally important too
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Mick Payne looks back on the first part of Team Katy’s eventful ‘4 Corners 4 Alzheimer’s’ journey on a Jawa/Velorex outfit – including a stark reminder of the kind of things the awful disease can do to a much-loved partner.
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The H1 triple: Kawasaki’s outrageous game-changer
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It drank like a fish and reared up at the drop of a hat, but Kawasaki’s crazy two-stroke triple certainly got the firm noticed, writes Steve Cooper.
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All about the timing
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The Brighton Speed Trials, one of the oldest events in the calendar, returned on September 5, 2015, with a varied and competitive entry.
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Big day out
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There was a stronger than anticipated attendance at this season’s National Motorcycle Museum open day.
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A life less ordinary
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Few men in motorcycling led as full a life as the genial, pipe-smoking Italian designer Leopoldo Tartarini, who passed away on September 11 at his home in the hills outside Bologna, at the age of 83.
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Cantilever Beezer
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These days a monoshock or cantilever suspension system is considered ‘normal’, but in 1962 John Wilkinson must have caused a bit of a stir when he turned up at a scramble with this Goldie.
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Miller’s ‘other’ Ariel
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It was well known in the 1960s that Sammy Miller ran two almost identical Ariels –though 786 GON was often sidelined in favour of the more famous GOV 132.
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Cholmondeley Pageant of Power: Classic Scramble Demonstration
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The Annual Cholmondeley – pronounced ‘Chumley’ – Pageant of Power takes place every June in the beautiful grounds of Cholmondeley Castle near Whitchurch in rural Cheshire where the Cholmondeley family have lived since Norman times.
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