Author: RowenaH

Ariel Huntmaster: Ground-up build

Features
When retirement came a-calling, Bob decided that a ground-up classic bike build would be the ideal project to keep him out of trouble. Little did he know… Words by Rowena Hoseason Photos by Bob Bob already owned an Ariel Huntmaster so figured that familiarity would give him a head start. He tracked down a 1958 frame with a V5C, paid…
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Clubman’s Corner: cover your Kettle!

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Members of the Kettle Club – which caters for Suzuki’s iconic 750 two-stroke – now benefit from a bespoke insurance scheme, specifically tailored to meet their needs… Launched in 1971, the water-cooled inline triple established itself as a smooth, comfortable grand tourer, unique in a world dominated by identikit four-cylinder four-stroke sportsbikes. At 550lb, the GT750 was never particularly frisky…
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Norton Model 50: Something a little different

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Norton was long associated with sporting singles, especially the firm’s highly competitive cammy racers of the pre-war era. But in the mid-1950s a very different single-cylinder 350 joined the line-up, as Rowena Hoseason reveals… Not to be confused with Norton’s pre-war Model 50, the post-war 350 arrived for 1956 and shared many of its cycle parts with the Model 19…
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Mind, Body & Motorcycling

Blog, Features
It’s the time of year to celebrate – but that can be particularly difficult for some people. RC regular Odgie shares his own personal perspective… As we get older we seem to have no great dread of talking about our physical ailments – how many bikes do we see for sale in RC and other magazines due to ‘old age,…
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CHRISTMAS CRACKERS!

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It is traditional around now to suggest gifts that are suitable to fill a motorcyclist’s stockings. Not that we imagine you wear stockings very often – although an extra layer is always welcome in winter! Here at RCHQ we try our best to minimise the creation of yet more unwelcome landfill-fodder. Yet still an uncanny abundance of glossy hardback books…
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