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  • The Amal Carburetter Company has been keeping British bikes on the road for 99 years

    The Amal Carburetter Company has been keeping British bikes on the road for 99 years

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    Web Editor

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    Formed in 1927 under the name Amalgamated Carburetters Ltd, Burlen Ltd rescued the Amal brand in 2004 from the brink of collapse. We took on all stock, machinery, customers, and the brand name itself, and started the long process of reviving the Amal brand.

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  • Leaping Lena: The daring Australians who built the world’s fastest sidecar

    Leaping Lena: The daring Australians who built the world’s fastest sidecar

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    Mark Lancaster

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    John Milton looks at how a handful of young Australians took on the world to win the sidecar landspeed record. The nickname ‘Leaping Lena’ has been used countless times in all manner of ways – a woman who jumped out of a Philadelphia window to avoid police arrest in 1920, pigeons, racehorses, cars, trains, even…

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  • Len Vale-Onslow: the maverick who gave motorcycles the welded frame

    Len Vale-Onslow: the maverick who gave motorcycles the welded frame

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    Mark Lancaster

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    From childhood crashes to the first welded production motorcycle frame, Len Vale-Onslow’s story is one of invention, risk-taking and what might have been. The name of Len Vale-Onslow needs little introduction. Born Leslie Vale-Onslow in 1900, he was introduced to motorcycles in 1908 when he rode a machine built by his brothers. A police constable…

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  • Rebuilt 1973 Triumph Trident T150V

    Rebuilt 1973 Triumph Trident T150V

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    Steve Wilson

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    This late T150V Trident, fully and expertly rebuilt by keeper Peter Hall, finally sells your tester on three-cylinder power.

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  • R A Jones Classic Motorcycles: a family passion for proper classic bikes

    R A Jones Classic Motorcycles: a family passion for proper classic bikes

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    Mark Lancaster

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    For anyone with a love of British classics, restoration projects and interesting old motorcycles, R A Jones Classic Motorcycles is well worth knowing about. Based in Manchester, close to the Trafford Centre and M60, the business is run by Robert Jones and specialises in classic motorcycles, with a particular passion for British machinery. Whether it…

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  • Swan Motor Manufacturing

    Swan Motor Manufacturing

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The Swan Motor Manufacturing began life in Frodsham High Street in Cheshire in around 1910 and exhibited its first motorcycle at the Olympia Show in 1911. This was an open-frame machine with, unusually for the time, front and rear suspension. The founder of the company was FH Thornton who lived in a large house opposite…

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  • An early Triumph

    An early Triumph

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Though the firm missed out on success in the inaugural 1907 Isle of Man TT, it took top honours in the 1908 event, courtesy of the man and mount pictured here. Words: SIMON ROBINSON In this wonderful photograph, we see works rider Jack Marshall astride his Triumph 3½hp single in racing trim. The 1908 running…

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  • Unsung scramblers

    Unsung scramblers

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Two of the lesser-known – and less successful – machines used for off-road speed work, in action at a mid-1950s event. Words: SIMON ROBINSON Published in the April 26, 1956 edition of The Motor Cycle magazine, this picture shows Royal Enfield-mounted F. M. Bussell being followed by Tony White on his Velocette. The action is…

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  • Dave Degens (1939–2026)

    Dave Degens (1939–2026)

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The legendary racer and constructor who enjoyed success across many years, particularly in production racing, and often on his own-made machinery. Words: SIMON ROBINSON Dave Degens, legendary Triton guru and ex-racer, has died at the age of 86. Pictured here at Castle Combe in 1965 in a typically cheeky pose, sticking his tongue out at…

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  • BSA Bantam: The history

    BSA Bantam: The history

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The most famous motorcycle ever made? Certainly in Britain the BSA Bantam has a substantial claim to that title. It’s not possessed of the glamour of its Gold Star stablemate or the Triumph Bonneville, but the little BSA was known intimately and ridden extensively by a whole lot more riders than those two put together.…

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