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Of advanced design and intended for sidecar work, the new V-twin was powered by a 6hp side valve JAP engine, with two-speed countershaft gearbox. In its issue published on May 29, The Motor Cycle carried a brief feature (and picture) entitled ‘Motor Cyclists and the Army’, leading with: “Under the terms of a Special Army…

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Pip Harris, who recently passed away TCM’s January and February 2010 issues carried a two-part feature detailing the achievements and successes of Peter Valentine Harris, the son of 1920s TT racer Curley, a garage proprietor based in Wombourne, west of Birmingham. Starting racing on a ‘bitsa’ (nominally Grindlay-Peerless) outfit, he soon swapped to a Manx…

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Once there the weather had minimal impact, with almost everything, including the jumble, under cover. The show was the regular mix of familiar faces and bikes along with some new restorations after extended shed-time over the winter. The Norton Owners’ Club had a neat stand arrangement as well as an impressive selection of models to…

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1932 Brough Superior BS4 The 1932 Brough Superior BS4 offered is one of only ten machines of the type built by the factory in 1932. Powered by a four cylinder Austin Seven engine and gearbox, they were characterised by the distinctive twin rear wheel layout. Only seven examples of the breed are known to survive…

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