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BSA A7

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Reviews

BSA’s smaller twins are often overlooked, while the 650s grab all the attention. Steve Bergman cast a modern bike rider’s eye over the A7 and its emulators… During those irritating times when The Empire wasn’t at war with someone and the market for weapons was poor, the Birmingham Small Arms Company, or BSA to you and me, turned its attention…

1956 BSA B31 Scrambler Rebuild – Part III

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Reviews

Phillip Rashleigh has been sourcing parts for his scrambler special. Now he knows what he’s got, he just has to figure out how to fit it to the B31 chassis… Once I’d found the right pieces and got my project bike together in large lumps, it was time to tear it all down and start to build it back up…

Royal Enfield 500 Clubmans GT – Part 2

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Reviews

After taking a test ride on a new Bullet Andy C just had to own one. So did the reality live up to the dream? I really wanted a 5-speed electric start Clubmans but, as I said in the previous episode, no such animal exists (at least not directly from Watsonian). I was offered such a good deal on a…

Norton Dominator 99: Chapter Six

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Reviews

Wherein small bits and lumps come together to form a recognisable larger lump… all without major problems. Puzzling. Jim Algar wonders if he should start to worry?… The bike has been sitting untended in my garage for a depressingly long period of time. There was, of course, the wait while Norvil tended to my crankshaft (see Chapter 5), but there…

Mototrans Ducati 125 – Part Two

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Reviews

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 stanchion which was slightly bent,…

Adler MB200/250 Two-Strokes

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Reviews

Phil Speakman has unusual tastes in motorcycles, and finding parts for them isn’t easy. His search for spares finally led him into the eagle’s eyrie… The Ardennes in late January is no place for a motorcycle. Piled up snow from the verge encroaches onto the carriageway, poised to envelop the unwary rider who runs slightly wide. The hairpins on the…