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Category: Road Tests

Road Test: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide

28th February 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1968 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide One hundred years of continuous manufacture and over 3,000,000 motorcycles later, Harley-Davidson is still going strong. The company started slowly, building only three machines in their first year, suffered lean periods

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Road Test: Rudge Special (1938)

7th February 2013 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1938 Rudge Special I’d better clarify something about the Rudge Special, right from the start. Although it was an exceptional motorcycle by most standards, it was actually the standard 500cc model in Rudge’s range, where

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Road Test: AJS H9 Touring Model

6th December 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

AHS H9 Touring Model You only have to look at any traffic queue to see that motorcyclists are not renowned for their patience. It doesn’t help that sporty models attract more attention in the press

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Road Test: Henderson Model E

9th November 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1915 Henderson Model E During the early part of 1911, two automotive events of enduring significance occurred on opposite sides of the Atlantic. In London, illustrator Charles Sykes designed a mascot for Rolls-Royce; the firm

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Road Test: BSA B30-4

2nd August 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1930 BSA B30-4 Living close to the North Devon Coast, Mike Dixon knows something about close-knit communities. The 53-year old looks after severely disabled young adults in a Leonard Cheshire care home, but he also

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Road Test: Velocette LE/Valiant Special

2nd August 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

Velocette LE-Valiant Special Owner and builder Ian Munro admits that when people learn he’s fitted a Velocette LE engine into a Velocette Valiant frame they tend to ask, “Why?” rather than exclaim, “Wow!” On the

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Road Test: Hesketh V1000

18th July 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1982 Hesketh V1000 Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, the third Baron Hesketh, inherited a fortune at an early age and spent it with notable enthusiasm. A lover of motorsport, in his mid-20s he bankrolled a private Formula

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Road Test: NSU Sportymax

17th July 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

Many have dreamt of building their perfect motorcycle. Triton, NorBSA, TriBSA, Norvin, Grumph, Tri–Greeves, Honton and many others have been the result of our fertile, or at times over fertile, minds. While many were or

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Road Test: Harley-Davidson SS350

5th July 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

Harley-Davidson SS350 The popular image of Harley-Davidson as being a manufacturer solely of large-capacity 45 degree V-twins with ‘potato-potato’(TM) exhaust notes is wide of the mark. Although aficionados are keen to celebrate the firm’s 2003

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Road Test: Francis-Barnett Falcon

17th May 2012 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests

1954 Francis-Barnett Falcon I was still hauling this charming little Franny Bee onto its stand, in readiness for the static photographs, when a bystander came bounding over. “I haven’t seen one of those since 1964,”

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