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A.W. Grady takes on Australia Ever since the early days of motorcycling, riders have sought challenges of various kinds. Sometimes they were factory inspired, to draw to attention of the general public the outstanding qualities of a new model and how well it would perform under arduous conditions. The resultant publicity not only helped boost…

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Hesketh superbike During Christmas 1977 Lord Hesketh decided to build an all-British Superbike. As former Patron to World Champion racing driver James Hunt, he had that year already installed facilities in the stable block of his country home at Easton Neston, in Northamptonshire, for testing rebuilt Formula One racing engines for the Grand Prix teams.…

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Pierce Arrow classic motorcycle The story goes Percy Pierce, the son of the owner of the Pierce Great Arrow Motor Company in Buffalo, was visiting Europe in 1908 and was so impressed by the FN four that he brought one back with him. His father George had been looking for something to take up some…

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Rudge Ulster Rudge was another of the better known names in the British motorcycle industry. Although the company had started in Wolverhampton during 1868, when Dan Rudge began making velocipedes, it was not until 1911 that the first motorcycle to bear this name left the production line. By then the company had re-located itself in…

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Triumph Roadster It is widely believed that Triumph acquired its 'trusty' nickname as a testimony to the outstanding service given by the model H during the 1914-18 war. Although true to a point in view of the arduous conditions under which 30,000 of these machines had given exceptional service in the mud and devastation of…

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