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Photos by kind permission of Simon Everett Back in 1998, Dave Minton met a very special 750 flat-tracker. The triple was rebuilt from a wreck that had been abandoned in the Mojave desert. It certainly gave Dave the ride of a lifetime, although he still complains about the — lack of — saddle to this…

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Restoring a family heirloom is a daunting task, especially if the heirloom is a B33 which spent a decade wrapped up in a plastic paddling pool. Read how Andrew J Davies rose to the challenge as his restoration tale unfolds… From A(JS) to B(SA) ‘Dad, can I wash The Bike today?’ I was always the…

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Ever been given something you just can’t get rid of? If we’re talking about a pottery pig or another set of wind-chimes then that’s something of a tricky situation. But as there’s no such thing as ‘too many motorcycles’ then being given a C15 is hardly a trauma, now is it? Paul Russell’s C15 came…

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Owners of old British bikes are not biased about their machines. Most certainly not. They know all about the bikes’ good points — but no one is ever particularly shy about coming forwards with the bad news, too. It just happens that in the case of Ted Richardson’s 1969 Starfire there is very little bad…

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They used to say that the ultimate cure for a B25 was a quick trip to a canal — how cruel! Arthur Langman proved them wrong. He bought his 1971 B25SS from a breaker, after it had been retrieved from such a waterway — and dried out, of course. Well, mostly… As you’d expect, the…

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Just about every classic bike fan knows a little about the Brough Superior SS100. But what of its forerunner, the SS80? Dave Minton introduces us to George Brough’s stylish sidevalve V-twin… In 1919 George Brough arrived on the motorcycle scene and brought with him his Brough Superiors. By sweeping up more records on beaches, speedbowls…

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There wasn’t meant to be a part two, but there’s a new problem for Bros-Rider’s diminutive Honda Vee-twin. Or Vee-single, it seems… Well… I wasn’t expecting to have a part 2 to tell, but unfortunately I have. As I said before, I thought I’d Fixed It; I think I probably have Fixed It. What I…

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Part one of a modern classic tale from Bros-Rider. He starts with a confession and ends with burnt fingers. When will he, will he be famous?.. My name is Owen (Bros-Rider), and I ride a Honda Bros… Sorry… wrong night. Ahem… Anyway, My name is Owen, and I do ride a Honda Bros. Which as…

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After enjoying a hall of classic scooters at the Newark Show, Roy Workman discovers more information on the subject of British-built scooters… This is an A4 soft-cover book printed on good quality paper, with 190 pages full of illustrations, often taken from period magazines. I first heard about Robin Spalding whilst talking to Bill Crosby…

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Granville Bradshaw started his career in 1910 designing aircraft, and by 1955 he’d dreamed up the Omega engine with its innovative rotary layout. In between, he tried his hand at oil-cooling… Long before Suzuki adopted oil cooling for engines in the mid-Eighties, the idea was tried by Lancastrian inventor Granville Bradshaw. He started his career…

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