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  • Opinion: First Rides on Classic Bikes

    Opinion: First Rides on Classic Bikes

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    Dave Wooding started his riding career with a Triumph 3T. He also rode a Bantam-based Villiers-engined oddity and a BSA B31, but it’s the Triumph 350 twin which he remembers the most fondly…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 27

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 27

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    Riding old bikes produces many wonderful moments. Frank Westworth dredges through his memory for some memorable AJS and Matchless rides…

  • Opinion: The Rise Of The Japanese Industry

    Opinion: The Rise Of The Japanese Industry

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    How did Japan’s motorcycle industry come to inherit the market position which the British bike business once held? Steve Cooper of the VJMC makes some suggestions…

  • Famous Last Words

    Famous Last Words

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    ‘Tell us what you think’ and ‘have your say’ seem ubiquitous these days. Magazine editors listen closely to every word you tell them. Whether magazine editors act upon those words is another matter entirely. Frank Westworth admits defeat…

  • Britain, From Abroad

    Britain, From Abroad

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    Familiarity breeds… you know. Roger Houghton, a visitor from South Africa, takes a fresh look at the UK while he visits its classic motorcycling heritage sites…

  • Riding Reminiscences 3

    Riding Reminiscences 3

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    Back in the day, the young lads of The Paddock weren’t averse to a quick sprint to demonstrate their riding prowess. Ian Caswell remembers ones particular evening when things got a tiny little bit competitive…

  • Modern ‘Classics’

    Modern ‘Classics’

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    What is the attraction of a modern ‘classic’ motorcycle? Paul

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 21

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 21

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    Different strokes for different folks. Frank Westworth remembers a great British stroker…

  • Opinion: AMC Anorak 28

    Opinion: AMC Anorak 28

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    Maligned by many, AJS and Matchless lightweights can be a lot of fun. Frank Westworth, no lightweight, tries to convince himself…

  • Opinion: If Banks Were Old Bikes

    Opinion: If Banks Were Old Bikes

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    The Great British public seem to have bought a basket case. Phil Speakman* applies his experience with old clunkers to the current credit crisis-crash-crunch kerfuffle…


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