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1927 BSA 500cc single (pdf) Big Slow and Awkward. That was the reputation of Birmingham Small Arms' range of dependable but boring motor cycles. But this 1927 Sloper is some­thing else. Fitted with a TT carburettor, the engine gulps a petrol-air mix with no consideration for fuel economy and packs a punch that has the…

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1953 BSA A10 650cc road test (pdf) On an ‘mph per pound’ basis, the B.S.A. 'Golden Flash' must be one of the least expensive high-performance projects offered to the buying public in post-war years. In fact, every mile indicated on the speedometer at the machine's maximum speed, costs approximately forty-two shillings and sixpence : a…

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Indian Warrior: why it failed (pdf) Brutish but durable, the massive vee-­twin has always held a fascination for American motor cyclists, brought up in the traditional "New World" philosophy that big and tough is better than small and refined. There were, of course, valid reasons why American motor cycles should have evolved along different lines…

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Gnome et Rhone (pdf) Hardly had the smoke lifted from the battlefields of France after WWI than the famous British aircraft company Sopwith revealed plans, and a proto­type, of a radical new motorcycle designed by Granville Bradshaw of the All British (Engine) Co Ltd — ABC. ABC had made a name immediately pre­war with a…

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Rare Harley-Davidson XA The horizontally opposed BMW-style 750cc model XA Harley-David­son is a sure-fire attention grabber at any motor cycle gathering—but as is so often the case with rare machines there is a long, long tale a-winding behind this particular Harley; one which led owner Jim Dowdall all the way to Wildcat Ridge in California.…

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