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  • Yamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out

    Yamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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. Yamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out A Japanese single – and an excellent one at that. Yamaha took the world by…

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  • ‘Tangerine Dream’ winner announced

    ‘Tangerine Dream’ winner announced

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Peter Allan of Epsom, Surrey, is the lucky winner of the top prize in the National Motorcycle Museum’s Winter Raffle, a 1959 Triumph T120 ‘Tangerine Dream’ 650cc Bonneville. ‘Tangerine Dream’ winner announced This 1990 limited-edition Norton F1 Rotary will be the first prize in the National Motorcycle Museum”s Summer Raffle, to be drawn at Museum…

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  • Picturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany

    Picturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany

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    Sam Hewitt

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    If your perception of northern France is that it’s flat and boring, you need to experience the annual three-day Tour du Calvados, run by the Lue sur Mer-based Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Club, writes Ian Kerr. Picturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany Harley-Davidson, Indian and AJS await their owners’ return from…

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  • Testing, testing! How the bike journos of old saw the Squariels

    Testing, testing! How the bike journos of old saw the Squariels

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The uncanny flexibility of the Ariel Square Fours, from the 497cc and 597cc ‘cammies’ to the final pushrod-operated 997cc Mk. 2, always amazed those fortunate enough to road test these four-pot classics, as these excerpts from our archive bound volumes show. Testing, testing! How the bike journos of old saw the Squariels There’s a Standard…

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  • Bill Little to retire after almost 40 years

    Bill Little to retire after almost 40 years

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After establishing his business, Bill Little Motorcycles of Oak Farm, Braydon, near Swindon SN50AG, in 1979, Bill has finally decided to put his feet up, and a Retirement Sale, with lots of automobilia and memorabilia to clear from his barn, takes place on Saturday, August 6. Bill Little to retire after almost 40 years There’s…

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  • Another brilliant Banbury Run – and it’s still the biggest and best in the world!

    Another brilliant Banbury Run – and it’s still the biggest and best in the world!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Almost 500 riders took part in the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s 68th Banbury Run, open only to VMCC members on pre-1931 machines, on Sunday, June 19 – down a little on the 600 or so during the halcyon days of a few years ago, but still living up to the event’s tag of ‘the largest…

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  • Does anyone remember these likely lads?

    Does anyone remember these likely lads?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    This is the story of two Peckham boys, John Bowden and Graham Cole, and their biking days in the 1950s and 60s, and I’m writing it because of John’s sad and early death in April after a brave battle against illness. Does anyone remember these likely lads? The likely lads in their prime! John Bowden…

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  • A Cotton restored

    A Cotton restored

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Last October we ran a short feature headed ‘The Cotton they dragged from the Grand Union Canal’ telling the story of a 1937 350cc JAP-engined Cotton Sports that VMCC Taverners Section member Brian Matthews had just started putting back together. Now the job is done, and Brian tells the tale. A Cotton restored Brian (left)…

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  • British scooter display opens at Haynes Motor Museum

    British scooter display opens at Haynes Motor Museum

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After several years in the planning, the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust’s exhibition of British motor scooters opened to the public within the Haynes International Motor Museum near Yeovil on May 21. British scooter display opens at Haynes Motor Museum Visitors could be in for a surprise when they see the sheer variety of British scooters…

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  • Nimble, stylish and a joy to ride – a tale of just what might have been

    Nimble, stylish and a joy to ride – a tale of just what might have been

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Concluding the story of his endless quest to find a dohc 350cc BSA Fury, Tony Page tells how he ended up with a Triumph Bandit as well – and what the bikes are actually like to ride. Nimble, stylish and a joy to ride – a tale of just what might have been With the…

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