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  • All this and a barbie too – a great weekend with the Culm Vale club

    All this and a barbie too – a great weekend with the Culm Vale club

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    En route to Devon during their marathon sidecar tour to help and publicise the work of The Alzheimer’s Society, Mike Payne and Kate call in at the friendly and relaxed Culm Vale Sidecar Club Rally. 

  • Middleweights make so much sense

    Middleweights make so much sense

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    While large-capacity Japanese classics remain breathtaking to ride, many older enthusiasts are returning to the all-round virtues of the 500cc middleweight. Steve Cooper sets the theme for his next few articles. 

  • Dance of the Dragonfly

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    Douglas’s fame was built upon its legendary fore-and-aft flat twins and its huge contribution to the 1914-18 war effort. The marque reached the height of its achievement in the 1920s and early 30s. 

  • More or less

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    There’s nothing inherently wrong with BMW airheads: there’s just too much of a good thing. 2WheelsMiklos take an R80 back to basics 

  • Italian quandary

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    Classic or retro? Retro style with modern performance? New wine in an old bottle? Moto Guzzi offers a choice 

  • A FLYING SQUIRREL

    A FLYING SQUIRREL

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    Alfred Angas Scott was a genius. Besides inventing the first motorcycle with a twin cylinder two-stroke engine, he also came up with telescopic forks and even the kick-starter. We test a 1929 Flying Squirrel TT Replica, one of the best of his vintage fliers… 

  • Sportster revisited

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    Whatever happens to old road test bikes? Phil Mather comes face to face with a favourite from the distant past and discovers the years have changed very little  

  • RAPIDE INDEED

    RAPIDE INDEED

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    There are several racing Vincents. The Australian way of racing Vincents is fairly extraordinary 

  • Golden moment

    Golden moment

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    While prices of Triumph and Norton twins have risen steadily, BSA’s pre-unit 650 is still eminently affordable. It’s also (don’t tell anyone) a better bike in many respects… 

  • A walk in the woods with world champions

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    IMOLA – MOTOCROSS MECCA When talk turns to Imola it usually concerns a close fought bike or car race – there have been a few – and sadly that it was on the notorious Tamburello curve where Ayrton Senna was killed in 1994. Imola’s 5km Enzo e Dino circuit, which runs anti-clockwise and incorporates a…


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