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Category: Road Tests

Road Test: SOS DW

16th August 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

SOS DW SOS surely has the most pleasing symmetry of all the motorcycle makers who ever traded under a set of initials. The letters changed their meaning during the commercial life of the trademark, although

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Road Test: Ariel NG De Luxe

13th August 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1938 Ariel NG De Luxe The owner and restorer of this Ariel, Mike Lymn, is a man who gets things done. Whether it be house building, gun remanufacturing, artwork restoration or bringing old motorcycles back

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Road Test: Vincent Black Prince

8th August 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1955 Vincent Black Prince Effective armour and high speed rarely combine in nature, save in those instances where man has defied evolution. Such combinations are usually memorable, as when Edward of Woodstock carried a weight

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Road Test: Norton International Model 30

26th July 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1939 Norton International Model 30 Years ago, I happened to see the famous actress Marlene Dietrich getting into a taxi in London, and to be absolutely frank, she looked to me like a rather plain

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Road Test: Brough Superior combination

22nd July 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

Brough Superior 11.50 outfit George Brough was no shrinking violet when it came to the publicity game and regularly reminded the world his motorcycles were built from parts made exclusively to his design and special

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Road Test: Velocette 250 MOV

10th July 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

Velocette 250 MOV At 2007’s Festival of 1000 Bikes, I had a session-long dice with a chap mounted on a rigid framed bike with a distinctive fishtail exhaust. The machine’s features indicated that it was

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Road Test: BMW R12

1st July 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

BMW R12 A casual glance at David Kemp’s booking form for my group trip to Coupes Moto Légende 2005 revealed he was making the trip on a BMW twin. Not that there was anything unusual

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Road Test: BSA M24 Gold Star

27th June 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

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…

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Road Test: Indian Model 741

27th June 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

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

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Road Test: Vincent-Norton Viscount

26th June 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

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

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