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Road Test: BSA B30-4

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2nd August 2012

1930 BSA B30-4 Living close to the North Devon Coast, Mike Dixon knows something about close-knit communities. The 53-year old looks after severely disabled young adults in a Leonard Cheshire care home, but he also mixes a love of surfing with an inherited preference for BSA motorcycles. “If somebody’s in trouble, you help out,” he…
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Road Test: BSA B30-4

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2nd August 2012

1930 BSA B30-4 Living close to the North Devon Coast, Mike Dixon knows something about close-knit communities. The 53-year old looks after severely disabled young adults in a Leonard Cheshire care home, but he also mixes a love of surfing with an inherited preference for BSA motorcycles. “If somebody’s in trouble, you help out,” he…
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Road Test: Velocette LE/Valiant Special

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2nd August 2012

Velocette LE-Valiant Special Owner and builder Ian Munro admits that when people learn he’s fitted a Velocette LE engine into a Velocette Valiant frame they tend to ask, “Why?” rather than exclaim, “Wow!” On the face of it, that’s understandable. The Valiant’s greatest perceived failing was that merely crafting overhead valves onto Velocette’s flat twin…
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Road Test: Velocette LE/Valiant Special

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2nd August 2012

Velocette LE-Valiant Special Owner and builder Ian Munro admits that when people learn he’s fitted a Velocette LE engine into a Velocette Valiant frame they tend to ask, “Why?” rather than exclaim, “Wow!” On the face of it, that’s understandable. The Valiant’s greatest perceived failing was that merely crafting overhead valves onto Velocette’s flat twin…
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Reference: Ariel Square Fours: which to choose?

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1st August 2012

1930 Ariel Square Four The big Ariel started life as a lithe sportster in an era when big sidecar machines were commonplace, it finished up as one of those self-same heavyweight sidecar tugs in a period when fast solos had become the norm. To help the transformation, its capacity was doubled along the way –…
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Reference: Ariel Square Fours: which to choose?

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1st August 2012

1930 Ariel Square Four The big Ariel started life as a lithe sportster in an era when big sidecar machines were commonplace, it finished up as one of those self-same heavyweight sidecar tugs in a period when fast solos had become the norm. To help the transformation, its capacity was doubled along the way –…
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News in brief

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1st August 2012

Yamaha TZ celebrated at Donington The Egham Royal Show is on August 25-26, at Whitehall Lane, Egham, Surrey. Vehicles expected range from the 1920s to the late 1970s and include cars, motorcycles and commercials. Each entrant gets a brass commemorative plaque and there are also small cash prizes too for the various classes that are…
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Brooklands Reunion

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30th July 2012

Michael Bockh was delighted to receive an award for his 1927 Model 9 Sunbeam This year's Reunion took place on July 22 and the featured marque was Sunbeam, as 2012 marks the centenary of the first Marston Sunbeam motorcycle. Vic Youel of the Owners’ Club managed to muster no less than 31 examples of the…
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Sammy's Rennsport BMW

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28th July 2012

Sammy with the Rennsport BMW Following in the tyre tracks of the two recent Moto Guzzi racers, yet another glamorous continental to grace the Sammy Miller Museum, this time a ‘short stroke’ Rennsport BMW. Sam will have it and the two Guzzis in the Isle of Man for the Manx. The Sammy Miller museum has…
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The way we were: September 1912

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27th July 2012

The New Era Auto-Cycle Company’s vertical parallel twin Although lighter than gear current at the time, Wall stated the new design was far stronger and intended for powerful motorcycles with sidecars. The unit had a live axle running on Hoffman bearings mounted in the rear fork lugs, while the gearing was of planetary design with…
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