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  • The Thorough: the short-lived motorcycle that offered unusually long test rides

    The Thorough: the short-lived motorcycle that offered unusually long test rides

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    At the end of the 19th century George Featherstone was an ironmonger living in Bethnal Green but he had a son who was interested in the great strides that transportation was taking. It seems likely that it was John Featherstone who persuaded his father into producing a motorcycle in 1903. By then, John, now in…

  • Watsonian tackles electric sidecar challenge with Harley-Davidson LiveWire

    Watsonian tackles electric sidecar challenge with Harley-Davidson LiveWire

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    The latest combination from Watsonian Sidecars is rather unusual. Instead of its usual petrol-engined fare, the Cotswold company took on the challenge of adding a chair to one of Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycles. A long-standing customer approached Watsonian and said that he wanted to add an electric outfit to his collection of motorcycles, using a Harley…


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