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New 2019 Speed Twin
Continuing their policy of using model names from Meriden’s history, the Hinckley Triumph concern now reflects upon the first model to feature Edward Turner’s parallel twin engine in 1938 and has, 80 years since the launch of the original, recently announced a new-for-2019 version of the Speed Twin. Increasing power by nearly half as much…
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Alpha Trials
Thank you for the article about Alpha Bearings. I was sorry to learn that Max Nightingale has died – a sad personal loss – but a relief that Alpha are still in business. My connection with Alpha goes back 40 years, when I purchased a DOT trials bike complete, less engine and gearbox. A friend…
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EDITOR INTRO
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 under the stairs and put my bike away for winter. As it happens, the email in question was just explaining…
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Motorcycle Live 2018
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 the UK’s biggest bike show holds nothing of interest for classic bike fans, the truth is rather different, on two…
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The ride and the passion…
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 Hampshire countryside to find out more. I first met Steve Hayes at a bike show in 2017. As a lover…
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Meriden Off Road
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 recent years have seen a reduction in heavy industry throughout the UK, the West Midlands still has a hugely diverse…
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Those 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 322cc rotary-valve twin powered by a British Anzani two-stroke. Smoothness, torque and brisk acceleration have always been desirable characteristics of…
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1969 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 in Japan up to that point. Yes, indeed, Honda had already announced the game-changing CB750/4 and, to many, it looked…
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New 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 Mick Payne, it’s a sort of sidecar-focused ‘Mustymind’. There are no prizes, just a few sidecar-oriented questions to test your…
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