Classic Bike Hub UK

We’re sure many Old Bike Mart readers will have called at the inviting Redburn Cafe in Glen Moriston at some time or other. Kate is all tucked up and ready for the road again. Well, my last report was from Scotland, but the mileage has doubled since then and a lot has happened, so perhaps…

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Vic Willoughby, late of Motor Cycle magazine, tries a Norton Dominator 88 for size. As long ago as 1913, Triumph Motorcycles built a 180-degree vertical twin engine designed by Maurice Johann Schulte, but it was never developed, so the story of the British parallel twin really began in 1932, when Val Page moved from Ariel…

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With her sunny disposition June, who turned up on her smart Honda Deauville/Watsonian Monza outfit, brightened up everyone’s day. Where can two people get three nights’ camping with wonderful views and a barbecue cooked for you for £32 all in? At the Culm Vale Sidecar Club’s rally at Wachet in Somerset, that’s where! Situated at…

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The Yamaha XT500 spawned a family of great middleweight singles. Once upon a time in the motorcycle world there was a reassuring feeling of order. Engine capacity brackets came with titles or descriptions and even for the novice there was a general feeling of knowing what was what and where it fitted into the great…

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Although the 1949 Douglas Mk.3 Sports looked purposeful with its upswept pipes, the power output of its 348cc engine remained at a moderate 22bhp. A top speed of 85mph was claimed for some sports models. Founded by brothers William and Edwin in the 1880s, the business started as a blacksmith’s shop, before becoming an ironfounders,…

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