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  • New look Classic Motorcycle Mechanics!

    New look Classic Motorcycle Mechanics!

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    We’ve been busy bees here at CMM, conducting surveys and focus groups in a bid to find out what you want to see in CMM. The October issue will aim to show we’ve listened…

  • Workshop: Norton gearbox overhaul

    Workshop: Norton gearbox overhaul

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    We reveal the basic dismantling, repair and assembly procedure to the most common Norton gearbox…

  • Road Test: MV Agustas

    Road Test: MV Agustas

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    MV Agusta’s exotic sports bikes of the Seventies offered a glimpse into the technology of two decades earlier, and limited production made them even more exclusive and desirable. John Nutting tested a number of versions while at Motor Cycle. Here’s his verdict…

  • F2 Motorcycles branches out in Cambridgeshire

    F2 Motorcycles branches out in Cambridgeshire

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    Old Bike Mart editor Tim Britton visits David Angel, guardian of F2 Motorcycles, who is stretching his wings in his new home…

  • Road Test: Yamaha FS1-E test

    Road Test: Yamaha FS1-E test

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    The Yamaha FS1-E has become the iconic symbol of 70s teenage rebellion, but at the time it was never regarded as the best ‘ped’. Was it ever really that good? We ride a mint example and speculate…

  • Straight from the plate: Sunbeam point-to-point, April 1953

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    In a dominant display Brian Stonebridge, on his Matchless singles, won both Junior (350cc) and Senior (500cc) classes, in what was described as a “decisive manner”

  • An hour with Croz

    An hour with Croz

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    Three decades on from his Grand Prix racing departure, Graeme Crosby took the time to talk to Classic Racer about one or two moments that have stuck with him ever since…

  • Road Test: AJS Model 18S

    Road Test: AJS Model 18S

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    This immaculate AJS Model 18S has been in the same ownership since the early 60s – it’s a relationship that’s passed the test of time with flying colours…

  • Bud Ekins profile

    Bud Ekins profile

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    Californian Bud Ekins was that rarest of things – a jack-of-all-trades, but also a master of all of them. Desert racer, scrambler, long distance trials rider, dealer and stuntman, he was near the top of his profession whatever the motorcycling discipline…

  • Road Test: Sunbeam 3½hp

    Road Test: Sunbeam 3½hp

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    Sunbeam always had an image of being a machine for gentlemen – and this three-speed veteran single certainly fits the bill…


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