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Road Test: NSU Quick 50
NSU Quick 50 Mopeds may not be your scene and, for you, conjure up images of comedian Jasper Carrot’s moped man. But when they’re as well engineered as this top of the range Quickly, they’re worth a second look. On the continent, mopeds – like all other lightweights – were taken seriously. Although clearly aimed…
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Road Test: NSU Quick 50
NSU Quick 50 Mopeds may not be your scene and, for you, conjure up images of comedian Jasper Carrot’s moped man. But when they’re as well engineered as this top of the range Quickly, they’re worth a second look. On the continent, mopeds – like all other lightweights – were taken seriously. Although clearly aimed…
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Reference: SOS motorcycles: which to choose?
1927 SOS launch model The reason was however simple – the firm was based in Hallow, Worcester and proprietor Len Vale-Onslow didn’t have access to mains gas. So welded it had to be. It was also special in that SOS became an acronym for several things; it started off as Super Onslow Special, was Success…
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Reference: SOS motorcycles: which to choose?
1927 SOS launch model The reason was however simple – the firm was based in Hallow, Worcester and proprietor Len Vale-Onslow didn’t have access to mains gas. So welded it had to be. It was also special in that SOS became an acronym for several things; it started off as Super Onslow Special, was Success…
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Indian Chief
1946 Indian Chief We Americans have always seemed to believe that being big is associated with being good. Nowhere has this been more true than with our motorcycles, which over a 50 year period evolved into monstrosities that made foreigners gasp in awe. One of the largest motorcycles we ever produced was the mighty Indian…
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Vintage transport weekend
Steve Elston and his totally original, award-winning AJS The selection of motorcycles eligible for the 'Best in Show' award caused the judges some head-scratching, but it was finally bestowed on Steve Elston's 1919 AJS, a 750 sidevalve V-twin '6hp' model. He bought the bike completely by accident, as he went to see the vendor about…
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Road Test: Aermacchi Ala Verde
1962 Aermacchi-Harley-Davidson Ala Verde There nothing like an Italian motorcycle to polarize opinions, is there? Non-believers say they’re all style and no substance, with lousy electrics and a self-destruct finish, while their fans feel that their styling is really important, and that it is usually backed up by above-average performance. The archetypal Aermacchi is a…
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Road Test: Aermacchi Ala Verde
1962 Aermacchi-Harley-Davidson Ala Verde There nothing like an Italian motorcycle to polarize opinions, is there? Non-believers say they’re all style and no substance, with lousy electrics and a self-destruct finish, while their fans feel that their styling is really important, and that it is usually backed up by above-average performance. The archetypal Aermacchi is a…
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Road Test: Aermacchi Ala Verde
1962 Aermacchi-Harley-Davidson Ala Verde There nothing like an Italian motorcycle to polarize opinions, is there? Non-believers say they’re all style and no substance, with lousy electrics and a self-destruct finish, while their fans feel that their styling is really important, and that it is usually backed up by above-average performance. The archetypal Aermacchi is a…
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New Hudson bar find!
Ferret’s New Hudson Model 90 supporting the International West Kent Run The bike, he said, was a 'bar find', rather than a 'barn find'. The explanation was that the bike's owner had kept it in the bar of the pub he ran in Whitley Bay. For some years, the bike was, emphatically, not for sale.…
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