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When is a Harley-Davidson not really a Harley-Davidson? When it’s an Armstrong, of course! The military motorcycle plot thickens on both sides of the Atlantic: Allan Johnson stirs the soup… There’s some rather interesting background history to the origins of the Armstrong MT500 and 350, which also explains how H-D got back into the military…

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by Paul Grace If you have a big pile of bits which could possibly be built into an Enfield off-roader, and no experience of riding in classic scrambles whatsoever, then it seems only natural to take on a classic motocross challenge. Anarchy did just that, and then he wrote a book about it… Before saying…

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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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Shaun Gibbons (AKA the Kent Correspondent) covered over 40,000 miles on his Beesa, and knew its engine needed some serious attention. With the help of other BSAOC members, that was just what it got… It all started about six years ago. I owned a B40 which would always get you there but NEVER home again.…

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When Geoff Reid bought a cheap restoration project, he wasn’t expecting to unravel the working history of a 250cc police machine. Classic bikes tend to bring you more than you bargained for… How do you while away a spare half hour at work? The answer is simple. If there is no one around, why not…

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Kel Boyce lusted after a little Enfield back in the 1970s. Then he bought one. Then he took it apart. And then… it had to be put back together again! It was winter, so I started with the engine rebuild, as the lump could be easily accommodated on the kitchen table. The crankcases were helicoiled…

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In the first instalment of this short saga, we met Ash Gannicott and his miniature Italian cafe-racer project. Russ (Ash’s dad) Gannicott takes up the tale of a first time classic bike rebuild… The non-running, 125cc Mototrans Ducati had been successfully stripped. Nothing much was wrong with the major components, apart from the nearside fork…

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A giant leap for mankind? Or just another new Bullet? Rowena Hoseason takes a quick spin on the latest Royal Enfield to go on sale in the UK… Royal Enfield have been talking about their lean-burn engine since the late 1990s. It’s been on the drawing board for a while, the 350cc version has been…

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Most people ride classic bikes on the Queen’s Highway, but some riders never turn a wheel on tarmac. Michael Eustace took to scrambling… If this time last year you had said to me I was going to be involved in classic motorcycling, let alone racing a classic motorcycle, I would have keeled over laughing. As…

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A CBX1000 might be an awesome thing to admire in a showroom, but what’s it really like to live with? Long term owner John Hall reveals some useful wrinkles… The CBX is one of those marvellous monsters from the 1980s which nowadays brings with it a unique set of problems. John Hall has owned four…

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