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Road Test: BSA M24 Gold Star
BSA M24 Gold Star What has a new girlfriend, the Fire Service, marriage, WWII, Uncle Frank, the Civil Defence Corps, economies, a collapsed shed, the tome Speed From Your Motorcycle, The Blitz, Maurice Cann… and… got to do with this BSA M24? Well, in fact, everything. In June 1951, young Roger Barlow proudly escorted his…
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Road Test: Indian Model 741
Indian Model 741 The question of originality has proved to be a thorny subject over the years, attracting almost as many letters to The Classic Motorcycle as the ‘What constitutes a classic?’ debate. To my mind, a motorcycle that is ridden regularly may be modified as much as its owner pleases. Whether the result is…
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Road Test: Indian Model 741
Indian Model 741 The question of originality has proved to be a thorny subject over the years, attracting almost as many letters to The Classic Motorcycle as the ‘What constitutes a classic?’ debate. To my mind, a motorcycle that is ridden regularly may be modified as much as its owner pleases. Whether the result is…
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Road Test: Indian Model 741
Indian Model 741 The question of originality has proved to be a thorny subject over the years, attracting almost as many letters to The Classic Motorcycle as the ‘What constitutes a classic?’ debate. To my mind, a motorcycle that is ridden regularly may be modified as much as its owner pleases. Whether the result is…
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Reference: Matchless G50
1960 Matchless G50 Despite the fact that Associated Motor Cycles only built something like 180 of them, the Matchless G50 is one of the most famous racing machines of all time – and arguably the best looking too, as this one, owned by Staffordshire garage proprietor Dennis Bunning, proves. Dennis – whose G45 and G12…
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Reference: Matchless G50
1960 Matchless G50 Despite the fact that Associated Motor Cycles only built something like 180 of them, the Matchless G50 is one of the most famous racing machines of all time – and arguably the best looking too, as this one, owned by Staffordshire garage proprietor Dennis Bunning, proves. Dennis – whose G45 and G12…
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Reference: BSA S26
1925 BSA S26 Owner and restorer of this side-valve BSA is Swindon enthusiast Alan Smith, who actually provided the first motorcycle we featured in this Spotlight series, his 2006 Stafford best in show 1928 AJS K7, which featured in the September 2006 issue. This side-valve BSA is pretty much from the opposite end of the…
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Reference: BSA S26
1925 BSA S26 Owner and restorer of this side-valve BSA is Swindon enthusiast Alan Smith, who actually provided the first motorcycle we featured in this Spotlight series, his 2006 Stafford best in show 1928 AJS K7, which featured in the September 2006 issue. This side-valve BSA is pretty much from the opposite end of the…
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Road Test: Vincent-Norton Viscount
Norton-Vincent special I bet quite a few Norton and Vincent fans have glanced at the photographs accompanying this article, and felt it was a desecration to amalgamate their favourite marques, no matter how desirable the outcome. Well, in response to that, I can do no better than quote the machine’s original owner, who wrote in…
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Road Test: Vincent-Norton Viscount
Norton-Vincent special I bet quite a few Norton and Vincent fans have glanced at the photographs accompanying this article, and felt it was a desecration to amalgamate their favourite marques, no matter how desirable the outcome. Well, in response to that, I can do no better than quote the machine’s original owner, who wrote in…
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