Features

Honda CB450 ‘Black Bomber’ – what went wrong?

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Sam Hewitt

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28th April 2017

Steve Cooper pulls no punches as he looks back on the 1965 UK debut of Honda’s first technically brilliant ‘big twin’, the CB450, and the enlarged 500T that followed.
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Wat box was that, did you say?

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Sam Hewitt

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21st April 2017

From a 200cc Durkopp Diana/Royal scooter combo to a potent Ducati 860GT/Watsonian Palma, Mike Searle has tried just about everything […]
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Cutting the mustard Yamaha-style

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Sam Hewitt

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21st April 2017

Steve Cooper looks back to the early 1970s, and the introduction of Yamaha’s fiery CS5E & RD200 models. As was […]
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PROJECT 90: How to go about measuring up!

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Sam Hewitt

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21st April 2017

Continuing with his Triumph Tiger 90 project, Tim Britton asks whether it’s really necessary to rip everything out of an […]
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When sidecar outfits delivered the goods

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Sam Hewitt

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17th April 2017

FROM THE ARCHIVE During last year’s ‘Team Katy’ journey to further the cause of the Alzheimer’s Society, Mick Payne came […]
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You pays your money… and you takes your choice!

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Pete Kelly rifles through Mortons’ Archives and turns up the following road test reports, from 1958 and […]
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Round and round we go…

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2017

Four years ago Glenn Jenkins hardly knew what a Suzuki RE5 rotary looked like – but now he has a […]
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From ‘Flying Flea’ to Turbo Twin, the two-strokes that Royal Enfield built

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2017

Everyone remembers the Crusaders, Bullets, Meteors and Constellations that were the flag-bearers of Royal Enfield’s Redditch factory, but they also […]
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Keeping it in the family!

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Sam Hewitt

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25th March 2017

Old Bike Mart visits Classic Bike Shop in Redditch, where Mike Rogers, his wife Kerrie and son Archie are all […]
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The world’s fastest Tigger?

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Sam Hewitt

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25th March 2017

Pete Kelly visits Chris Davies at West Midlands Triumph Tiger Cub specialists Meriden Off Road, to learn about his latest […]
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