Old Bike Mart

The ‘lightweights’ that time forgot

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Sam Hewitt

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12th May 2017

From our 2016 archive Time was slowly running out for Associated Motor Cycles when it launched its new-style 250cc overhead-valve […]
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May 2017

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Sam Hewitt

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6th May 2017

[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: May 2017 – Next issue: June 3, 2017 – On sale: May 6[/su_note] NEWS READERS’ LETTERS MADE IN JAPAN FROM OUR ARCHIVE […]
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Summat to be proud of – the Yorkshire legacy of Phelon & Moore

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Sam Hewitt

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5th May 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES For more than 60 years P&M, whose well-designed motorcycles became known as Panthers in the early 1920s, […]
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IN THE MAY 2017 ISSUE – on sale now!

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Sam Hewitt

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4th May 2017

Charlie and Zach preparing for 1000-mile charity ride on brace of Rudge Ulsters Multi-TT winner Charlie Williams entertained an enthusiastic […]
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Watsonian tradesman’s box is back

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2017

Returning to the range of sidecar manufacturer Watsonian, the Mule tradesman’s box is aimed at riders who need to carry […]
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Over and out Webb’s Farm – those were the days!

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2017

As I was sorting through some old trials riding photos the one below, showing a BSA C15 being manhandled out […]
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Reaching for the sky at Draganfly

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2017

After hearing about Triumph specialist Supreme Motorcycles’ sell out to Draganfly Motorcycles in Suffolk, Mick Payne visits the owners of […]
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John Surtees: memories are made of this

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2017

Instead of printing a long missive about the life of John Surtees CBE, who sadly passed away on March 10, […]
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AJS Cadwell and the Chinese connection

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2017

How did a well-made, nippy, economical and – yes, oiltight – motorcycle made in China come to carry the hallowed […]
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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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