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  • V4 Victory! The history of the Honda RC30

    V4 Victory! The history of the Honda RC30

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    In July 1987, Honda finally announced what many had heard already – that they had a new homologation machine for the forthcoming World Superbike Championship that would begin the following year, 1988.

  • BMW R65 Restoration | Part Two

    BMW R65 Restoration | Part Two

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    Last time, Ric Campbell started the restoration of a really rather ratty BMW airhead. Now to inspect the engine and gearbox, and then tackle the electrics…

  • Suzuki RGV500: THE race replica

    Suzuki RGV500: THE race replica

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    If one bike can almost sum up the race-replica paint job craze, it has to be Suzuki’s RGV500…

  • Classic versus Modern Kawasaki Z650/Z650RS

    Classic versus Modern Kawasaki Z650/Z650RS

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    These two may look alike, but do they supply the same emotions? It’s a battle of the classic four-cylinder Kawasaki Z650 versus it’s twin-cylinder doppelgänger – the modern Z650RS ‘retro’. Game on!

  • Review: Velocette Venom Clubman

    Review: Velocette Venom Clubman

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    If you fancy the idea of a classic road racer, a Velocette Venom could be ideal – but read this first.

  • BMW R65 Restoration | Part One

    BMW R65 Restoration | Part One

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    Some time ago, Ric Campbell took on the restoration of a really ratty BMW boxer…

  • A Triumph of engineering | Tri-Greeves 350 twin

    A Triumph of engineering | Tri-Greeves 350 twin

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    Triumph-engined, Greeves-framed specials have become a marque in their own right, but that’s not to say when building one you have to follow any rules.

  • Book of the Week: Triumph: Pictorial History of the Great British Marque

    Book of the Week: Triumph: Pictorial History of the Great British Marque

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    In our latest book of the week, James Robinson takes a deep dive into the history of Triumph.

  • Beryl Swain: the first woman to achieve a solo finish in a TT race

    Beryl Swain: the first woman to achieve a solo finish in a TT race

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    On what would have been her 88th birthday, we take a look at back at the first woman ever to achieve a solo finish in a TT race, Beryl Swain.

  • Norton Model 50: Something a little different

    Norton Model 50: Something a little different

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    Norton was long associated with sporting singles, especially the firm’s highly competitive cammy racers of the pre-war era. But in the mid-1950s a very different single-cylinder 350 joined the line-up, as Rowena Hoseason reveals…


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