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At a time when the café racer was king, the December 1964 issue of Motorcycle Mechanics announced the arrival of a yellow emperor. The machine was described as a Vin-Nor, following the convention of prefixing a hybrid with the engine manufacturer’s name. The garish special combined a 998cc Vincent V-twin with a Norton Featherbed chassis,…

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William A Davidson, Walter Davidson, Arthur Davidson and William S Harley Friends since childhood, William S Harley the designer and Arthur Davidson the fabricator had been nurturing an idea to build an outboard motor, to reach their favourite fishing spots. But two wheels soon prevailed over two reels… In 1903, Arthur’s father erected a 15ft…

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Your vote counts! All of the bikes have received much midnight oil, expertise and tlc from the owners and all are an absolute credit to them.   All seven machines will be on the Mortons stand at the forthcoming 20th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at the Stafford County Showground on October 19-20, so…

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During the 1920s, much debate raged about the use of special machines in competition (for example, the TT was originally the Tourist Trophy…) and the fact that the ‘tests’ had ever-littler relevance to the ‘man in the street.’ So the ACU’s riposte was the annual ‘buyers’ event’ that was to become the stock machine trial.…

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So what conclusions were drawn? The machine (“one of the first of its type to be released to the public”) generally met with favourable comment, though the mudguarding was deemed insufficient. “The front guard can only be described as ornamental rather than useful… it is only fair to mention that the Triumph Cycle Co. have…

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