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Mick Grant on the Honda NR500
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Two minutes. That’s how long it took Mick Grant to consider the offer Honda’s Gerald Davison made. Somewhere behind the team trucks, hardly hidden from the camera’s eye, Davison asked the then Kawasaki rider if he would be interested in joining Honda’s Grand Prix team in 1979. Grant said yes and stood on the brink…
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Going Dotty
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A great idea – pitch a standard bike against a works bike and add in a modern version used regularly… then get a genuine works rider to test them. CDB goes Dotty.
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Remembering that very first Dragon Rally
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John Wallis’s report on this year’s Dragon Rally a few issues back reminded Eddie Steptoe of the bitterly cold morning he set off from Ilford with his late wife, Kit, on their Triumph sidecar outfit to attend the very first ‘Dragon’ at Bryn Bras Castle in February 1962.
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A lifetime of memories with an old police bike
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Bernard Ratcliffe tells Pete Kelly about his 61-year love affair with an ex-Metropolitan Police Triumph Speed Twin.
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Great news for British classic bike owners as Rex’s Speed Shop takes Pazon agency
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Rex’s Speed Shop, whose operation was highlighted on Steve Cooper’s Japanese pages a year ago, recently became an official Pazon ignition agent in the United Kingdom – and to back it up, the Robertsbridge, East Sussex, firm is now stocking genuine Lucas and PVL products.
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Blue Style meets blue yonder
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On their 350cc Jawa/Velorex sidecar outfit, Mick Payne and Katy have set off on the journey of a lifetime. Having reached the Lake District, Mick brings his first impressions of the humble outfit with a big task ahead.
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Over, Onwards
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Faster than a speeding Bullet. Quite a lot faster, in fact. The Over Enfield reveals how much performance can be extracted from a decently ancient engine design
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BIG SID’S VINCATI: AN ANGLO ITALIAN MASTERCLASS
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The Vincent and Ducati V-twin (although Ducati insist on calling theirs an L-twin), have much in common.
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FIRST GENTLEMAN OF RACING
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A genuine superstar of motorcycle sport has left us. We recall the highlights of Geoff Duke’s career
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