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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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Sand, rails and motorcycles
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Neil Cairns outlines the historical links between motorcycles and an old narrow gauge industrial line in Bedfordshire as he tells of the growing success of the ‘Sand and Motorcycles’ event at the Leighton Buzzard Railway, now in its seventh year.
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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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Original and unrestored
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It started off as a nice idea when CDB was offered a totally original Francis-Barnett trials bike to feature. How many other comp bikes had survived unrestored, we asked, can’t be many surely? Maybe we’d get three or four out of the idea… seems there are more survivors out there than we thought. Anyway, just…
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An achiever passes
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The death of the famous race mechanic and motorcycle maker Arturo Magni gives opportunity to reflect on his remarkable career.
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Three decades on the pegs
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Often seen tearing around West Country scrambles tracks on one of his trusty BSA Gold Stars, John Trible was never an opponent to be taken lightly throughout his 30-year off-road career.
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