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Chicken from scratch – building a Hesketh superbike

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Tim Bolton

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11th March 2024

When the Hesketh superbike was launched, Tim Bolton knew that he could never afford one. But little did he know that, within a few short years, he would be building his own from scratch…
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Kawasaki KL250 and Z200 four-stroke singles

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Web Editor

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1st February 2024

Of The Big Four, it’s arguable that Kawasaki did the most with the least when it comes to early trail bikes. As Steve Cooper explains, while Kawasaki was never the largest or most prodigious of firms in its earliest days of two-wheeler production, it nonetheless had more than a dozen different quasi-mud pluggers under its…
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Book of the Week: Triumph: Pictorial History of the Great British Marque

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Web Editor

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29th January 2024

In our latest book of the week, James Robinson takes a deep dive into the history of Triumph.
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Made in Japan: Yamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out

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Web Editor

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16th January 2024

Eyebrows were raised when Yamaha entered the ‘big single’ market in the 1970s – but it had done its homework thoroughly to put some tired old bogeys to rest, writes Steve Cooper.
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Cecil Ashby: who he was, his impressive career, & what could have been

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Web Editor

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12th January 2024

Today the name of Cecil – or CT – Ashby is unknown to most, but John Milton takes a look at the man who could have been a contender.
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The 1967 International Cycle and Motor Cycle Show

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John Milton

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14th November 2023

We would lay money on the fact that the event that virtually all of us have in common, that most of us will have attended at least once, is not the TT or the Dragon Rally, but the International Cycle and Motor Cycle Show. Here John Milton takes a look back to the show of…
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The life of Stanley Woods, the first motorcycle superstar

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John Milton

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2nd October 2023

John Milton looks back on the life of the man they called ‘the first motorcycle superstar’.
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Speed is Expensive: the Vincent story told by the people who were there in new documentary

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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15th September 2023

A new documentary follows the life and career of legendary motorcycle designer Philip Vincent, told by the people who were there. Alex Bestwick speaks to director David Lancaster about bringing the Vincent story to the screen. David Lancaster grew up around Vincent motorcycles. “My parents toured Europe on their Vincent, my father…
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The Wee Run Frae The Doc’s Auld Hoose

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Arianne Davey

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21st July 2023

This year sees the fourth running of the splendidly named Wee Run Frae The Doc’s Auld Hoose. The event was inspired by Alistair Huddleston’s father, Dr Iain Huddleston, one of the founding members of the Central Scottish VMCC. Dr Huddleston rode vintage motorcycles for more than 70 years and was especially fond of early…
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Time travel: Horace Meadowcroft’s motorcycle showroom, exactly 100 years ago – Readers' Letters

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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21st July 2023

I thought that this photograph, taken exactly 100 years ago this July, may be of interest to readers of OBM. It is of my grandfather, Horace Meadowcroft, standing by the side of his Model T Ford outside his motorcycle showroom. The small boy in the background was his apprentice. Horace ran a sales and repair…
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