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Road Test: Hesketh V1000
1982 Hesketh V1000 Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, the third Baron Hesketh, inherited a fortune at an early age and spent it with notable enthusiasm. A lover of motorsport, in his mid-20s he bankrolled a private Formula One team that won a race during its third season in 1975 and finished fourth in the World Constructor’s Championship.…
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Road Test: NSU Sportymax
Many have dreamt of building their perfect motorcycle. Triton, NorBSA, TriBSA, Norvin, Grumph, Tri–Greeves, Honton and many others have been the result of our fertile, or at times over fertile, minds. While many were or are beautifully crafted specials, a minority were true mongrels fit only for unveiling after dark. The skill is not only…
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Road Test: NSU Sportymax
Many have dreamt of building their perfect motorcycle. Triton, NorBSA, TriBSA, Norvin, Grumph, Tri–Greeves, Honton and many others have been the result of our fertile, or at times over fertile, minds. While many were or are beautifully crafted specials, a minority were true mongrels fit only for unveiling after dark. The skill is not only…
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BSA Cyclemotor
BSA Cyclemotor (pdf) A 35cc cyclemotor, to be called the Winged Wheel, is to be marketed by BSA. Designed to replace the rear wheel of a normal bicycle, the unit embodies gear drive transmission through a three-plate clutch, a 9½in-diameter internal expanding brake and a heavy duty free-wheel of the locking roller type. Complete with…
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Ardingly Festival
From left: Andrew Remnant (BSA A10 Streetfighter), Bob Jenkins (BSA A65 & B31) and Steve Smith (Morgo Triton) This huge annual event occupies many acres of the South of England Showground, with the theme of ‘transport’ interpreted in a delightfully liberal way. Nevertheless, plenty of spectators were attracted to the bike section, where some 164…
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Mercury
Mercury (pdf) It was the hair cut which put Rex Light on the trail of the 596cc Mercury he has been campaigning in Midland vintage events this recent summer. Nor is it any old common-or-garden Mercury, for AMG 108 was the fifth and last-built of the small batch to emerge from the little factory at…
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Grindlay-Peerless 500
Grindlay-Peerless 500 (pdf) "Huh", he snorted. "That's not the old Bill Lacey bike!" Which was just a bit too much for Wal Phillips, who was standing nearby. "Something well is!", he replied. "And I ought to know, because I used to have the job of cleaning the something thing!" In fact Wal, back around 1928,…
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The way we were: August 1987
Aprilia wins its first GP victory A week later Gardner and Lawson switched positions at Anderstorp, Sweden, with Mamola again third. It was again Gardner first and Lawson second at Brno, Czechoslovakia, on August 23, with Japan’s Tadahiko Taira (Yamaha) third before Mamola won the San Marino GP at the month’s end, trailed home by…
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Classic camera: Lady rider, November 1911
Mrs M C Cooke poses with a twin-cylinder Douglas By 1911, Mrs Cooke was being employed by The Motor Cycle to give her impressions on various new ‘ladies’ models – as well as the Douglas, she sampled the new single-cylinder Royal Enfield and the lightweight Humber, among several others. But Mrs Cooke’s primary love was…
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Reference: Know your Monobloc
View original article (pdf) Introduced in 1954, the Amal Monobloc carburettor has been steadily developed into the ultra-reliable instrument today fitted to the majority of British motor cycles. Variations on the well-known larger Monobloc are designed for smaller machines, but whatever the external appearance the working principle is the same. Apart from cleaning, your Monobloc…
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