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Frank Westworth reports from the saddle of a 750 Matchless, and includes a great big chunk of personal anecdote, revealing why he has never been comfortable in a leather hat… Motorbicyclists are a strange breed. We pride ourselves on our individuality; yet we join clubs and wear club regalia. We pride ourselves on our independence;…

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It’s a winner! When Graham Holt’s gleaming Morini 350 appears at events it has a habit of stealing the show… When Graham Holt bought his 1976, 344cc Strada for £1850 some eight years ago it was in pretty good nick. But ‘pretty good’ wasn’t good enough, so Graham set to work and transformed the Strada…

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Nolan Woodbury meets 25 classics from the Ducati Museum, immortalised in this high-class publication… Comparatively small measured against its competition, Ducati has forged an astonishing record on the global road racing stage. Shunning trend (while establishing it) in favour of its 90-degree L-layout, Ducati combined hi-torque, high-horsepower desmodromics with precise handling to win against heavily-funded…

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You might think that a 1931 ex-works Norton racer belongs in a museum, and indeed Steve Lacey’s Manx GP bike had pride of place at Brooklands for a while. It was originally raced by Ron Harris, then ridden by Phil Heath, and owned by Titch Allen. Steve tells its story This CS1 was built by…

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Got an old British bike? Check. Read ‘Jupiter’s Travels’? Check. Must be time for an extraordinary adventure, then. Goat Maison’s Dominator took him halfway around the world… What’s a Norton Dominator 77? They hardly ever mention them in the classic press. Try asking somebody and they’ll probably tell you that you’ve got it wrong and…

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Back in the 1960s, the big beasts of British motorcycling still ruled the scrambles roost. This DVD captures some of the flavour of that era… Thanks to the wonder that is YouTube, Editor Westworth went suspiciously silent when he should have been working a couple of weeks ago. Then he started yelping and squeaking, and…

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These sleek and sporty single-cylinder machines should’ve been the stars of the 1980s, making the most of the cult of the café racer. Instead, people bought UJMs. Anarchy wonders if history is about to repeat itself… Once upon a time in a green and pleasant land, motorcycling had evolved from mostly British bikes to an…

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An 18 year old BMW. A trip across five continents, 31 countries and 26,000 miles. The first global circumnavigation by a blind person on a motorcycle. And a cracking read, says Dave Blendell… ‘Touching the World’ is the tale of a round the world trip by Cathy Birchall and her partner Bernard Smith. The byline,…

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You know how it goes: always wanted a classic bike, never could quite afford one. Dave (aka Molster96) risked domestic distress in order to fulfil his dream… Since my return to motorcycling five and a half years ago, I had been scouring the pages of various classic motorcycle magazines, longing to fulfil my ambition of…

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Even now, more untold tales of the original British bike industry still surface. This hardback book focuses on the efforts of Doug Hele and his Meriden development team in the late 1960s and early 70s… It’s difficult to believe that even now, decades after the ‘old’ UK bike industry rattled to a stop, there are…

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