A short while ago, just after the clocks had turned and the nights really began to draw in, I received a press release which, essentially, told me to stash my riding gear in a cupboard
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JANUARY 2019
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Searching for classic bikes where you might not expect them, Dave Manning takes house-trained photographer Simon Everett into the halls of the NEC for Motorcycle Live. While the initial perception of Motorcycle Live is that
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So, what happens when two engineers fascinated by old motorbikes get together and talk about building a vintage-styled motorcycle using modern manufacturing techniques? Martin Gegg and Rob Overy visited a small industrial unit in the
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The West Midlands has been a hive of engineering knowledge since Ironbridge gained its apocryphal river crossing. Dave Manning takes a trip west of Birmingham to discover that some things really haven’t changed. While the
Read moreThose other British two-stroke twins
Following last month’s feature about motorcycles powered by Villiers two-stroke twins, Pete Kelly raids the Mortons Archive to bring road tests of Excelsior’s 1951 244cc Talisman, featuring its own two-stroke twin engine, and Cotton’s 1956
Read more1969 Yamaha XS650
Steve Cooper investigates the launch of what many people termed as being the Japanese Brit twin. Fifty years ago, in 1969, came the announcement of possibly one of the most contentious motorcycles to be made
Read moreNew year quiz
With the excesses of the season behind us, and the January sales well under way, we thought it might be a good time for a little light-hearted entertainment with a new year quiz. Collated by
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Far too young to remember the original, Ross Mowbray turns simian with a retrospective look at an influence on one of Honda’s recent releases. Pictures: Honda Europe and Mortons Archive With its chunky tyres, mini-‘ape’
Read moreThe glory of Moto Piston
Following last issue’s focus on Moto Colombres Rally in Spain, Robin Dawson writes to tell us of his experiences in Spanish road rallies There I was, on all fours in the back lane pitch black,
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