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Team player
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Though Jeff Smith was BSA’s superstar at GP level the factory’s support reached all levels of MX. How did they do it? With old team bikes, CDB checks one out.
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Champ’s bike
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Hakan Andersson (above), gave Yamaha their first MX title back in 1973. He is surely remembered as a 250 rider but back in the early 1970s he also used a 360 version of Yamaha’s factory 250cc bike. This is the story of Hakan’s former Yamaha YZ360 from 1972.
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It’s the right break for 147
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After a disastrous end to the 2014 ‘Scottish’ for James Noble it all went well for the lad in 2015. CDB asked if we could have a wobble on his bike.
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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.
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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.
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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
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RAPIDE INDEED
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There are several racing Vincents. The Australian way of racing Vincents is fairly extraordinary
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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…
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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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Doing the Double: Freddie Spencer’s story
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After Freddie Spencer won his first 500cc title in 1983 at 21, making him the youngest person to do so, Honda created the radical NSR500 V4 for the following year. Teething problems and a broken collarbone relegated him to fourth in the championship, despite three race wins. Fast Freddie tells Alan Cathcart about the road…
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