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The first twin
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Valentine Page designed a 650cc Triumph four years before Edward Turner’s 500cc Speed Twin. In many ways, the earlier machine was the more advanced.
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When two men go to work
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The enthusiasm, passion and hard graft of a father and son duo has resulted in a museum dedicated to charting the history of one France’s ‘big four’ motorcycle makers.
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Green day
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Aermacchi’s road going efforts have never enjoyed much publicity, which, as this rare five-speed Ala Verde (Green Wing)
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Extra special
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If ecomonic constraints had not been such a dominant factor at Hall Green, this very special KSS could have been released under the Velocette name in the 1950s. This one-of-a-kind example was built in period, making it all the more remarkable.
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The bronze racers
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Abandoned since 1939, these tarnished bronze racers sit patiently waiting for their chance to shine once more.
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Goffy’s light fantastic!
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Mick Payne discovers many ways of improving the lighting performance of classic motorcycles as he talks to Paul Goff.
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Motorcycling most fowl
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Mark Williams meets a man whose mission in life is making BSA’s modest little workhouse a force to be reckoned with.
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User friendly
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Forget ankle-snapping big singles with racing gear ratios and agonising riding positions. Try something more civilised from the house of the horse
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Le Mans alike
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You want a bike which looks, sounds and steers like an old Italian. But running a classic as a daily ride might not be entirely convenient…
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Lito X-cam
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This bike created a sensation at Earls Court Motorcycle Show in 1966. In a world in which two-strokes suddenly had taken the lead in motocross, there were still lots of sympathies for classic four-stroke machines. Could the Lito X-cam have rewritten history?
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