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Veloette Viper Highlights

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RowenaH

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8th September 2022

In the August issue of the magazine, Peter Hatfield shares his experiences of owning a 350 sports Velocette single. Here’s some of the background to the model, to get you in the mood for the full-length feature… Back in 1955, Velocette’s design engineer, Charles Udall, transformed the 350 MAC and 500 MSS all-rounders into sprightly…
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Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?

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RowenaH

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17th March 2022

In our quest to uncover practical classics that are easy to live with, we turn to Japanese machines. Enter Mark Redfern, who’s in an ideal position to compare three popular middleweights… There are plenty of people looking for a middleweight, easy to ride classic. We speak to lots of prospective purchasers who come to our…
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Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?

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RowenaH

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17th March 2022

In our quest to uncover practical classics that are easy to live with, we turn to Japanese machines. Enter Mark Redfern, who’s in an ideal position to compare three popular middleweights… There are plenty of people looking for a middleweight, easy to ride classic. We speak to lots of prospective purchasers who come to our…
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Yamaha TZR125

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RowenaH

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13th March 2022

Phil O’Hara wanted to make his learner-legal Yamaha stroker go faster. He also wanted to stop it oinking like a pig. The results of his experiments were a revelation… It was 1990 and I’d sold my car and required transport. These days one car generally replaces another, but this was then, not now. To substitute…
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Triumph Tiger Cubs: part three

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RowenaH

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10th September 2021

In the end, everything goes back to the beginning: Paul Henshaw’s Cub career comes full circle… Back to BXS 487, my first Cub. Many years had passed when I decided to strip the engine to see what the knocking noise was about and try to put it right. It had been rebuilt with a new…
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Triumph Tiger Cubs: part one

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RowenaH

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5th August 2021

In the August issue of RealClassic, Paul Henshaw of Performance Classics gives us his guidelines to living with Triumph famous four-stroke lightweight. And his expertise has been hard-earned; he’s been a Cub enthusiast since his 13th birthday! Here, Paul recalls his early riding life with the tiny Tigers… My inspiration for buying my first Tiger…
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Triumph 3TA / TwentyOne

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RowenaH

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3rd August 2020

The first of Triumph’s unit-construction twins provided practical transport 40 years ago. These days, the 350 performs best on gentle weekend rides… Geoff Painter bought his 3TA, aka the Triumph Twenty-one, in 1967 when it was just two years old. The 350 twin was supplied to Elite Motors in July of 1964 but wasn’t sold…
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Royal Enfield Interceptor 650

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RowenaH

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6th February 2020

Few modern motorcycles have attracted as much attention in the classic world as the Royal Enfield 650 twins. Husband and wife John and Anne like the Interceptor so much they bought a matching pair! John reveals why and how, and Anne explain why the Enfield was so much better for her than a Hinckley Bonneville……
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