The Classic MotorCycle
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Editor’s welcome
Welcome to the first issue of the 2019 series – so it’s time to wish one and all a good riding (and reading) year to come, indulging ourselves in this classic motorcycling world. This month, I’ve been intrigued by Norton ES2s plus spent far too long looking at the picture of the Crocker…
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One more careful owner
It’s hard to think of something to say about the BSA Gold Star that hasn’t been said already, such is the impact it’s had – and arguably still has – on motorcycling and its followers. In engineering terms the Goldie is simplicity itself, yet in both 350 and 500cc guises it represents a true high…
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January 2019
Archive photograph News Letters Museum Live BSA Gold Star Subscribe and save Husqvarna Lansdowne round-up Triumph Tiger Cub Norton ES2 profile Scamp moped story Spanish rally 2018 index Olga Kevelos profile Closer look – Motorcycles of 1902 Bob Stanley interview Men who mattered – Harry Baughan Triumph 3TA/5TA rebuild Roy Poynting column Jerry Thurston column…
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Remembering the Hitchcocks
Memories came flooding back when I read the feature ‘Triumphant lives’ about Jock and Don Hitchcock in the September edition of The Classic Motor Cycle. In the mid-1960s I worked for a specialised engineering company in Guildhall Street, Folkestone, about 100 yards along from J.A. Hitchcock & Son, Triumph motorcycle dealers. Despite his reputation, it…
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BSA B35-2
A plus B2 It was machines like the 250cc B2 that helped BSA build their reputation for rugged, reliable motorcycles. But these little singles prove that dependable definitely doesn’t have to mean dull. Words: PHIL TURNER Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN It was during the 1930s that BSA cemented their reputation for building dependable motorcycles. Of course…
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Moto Guzzi Ambassador
Start of something… The Moto Guzzi V-twin has enjoyed 50 years in production and this relatively early version proves the formula was right from the off. Words: ANDY WESTLAKE Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN With the rumbling of the big ‘V’ reverberating across the water and the late autumn sun dappling through the trees, it took little…
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10 Christmas gift ideas for a classic biker!
Check out the exclusive ‘The Classic Motorcycle’ Christmas Gift Guide!
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Douglas Model OB
Mixed identity Its cowhorn handlebars and footboards are rather at odds with the lusty overhead valve engine of the Douglas OB. Words: ROY POYNTING Photographs: TERRY JOSLIN If motorcycles can be said to have characters, then the Douglas OB is an out-and-out extrovert. From its unusual engine and gearbox layout, to handlebars like the horns…
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Six is the best at Stafford
Keith Newton’s CBX1000 Honda – an across-the-frame six – was chosen as the top machine at the October spectacular. Words: GARY CHAPMAN Photograph: JOHN ROBINSON The October Stafford show, which runs under the title of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, attracts a varied and eclectic range of machinery, and although the accent is Japanese, there’s plenty there…
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Sunbeam win at sun-blessed Kop Hill 2018
At the recent Kop Hill Climb set in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, The Classic MotorCycle trophy for best prewar went to Paul Stirling with his 1926 Sunbeam Parallel 9, with the postwar CBG cup going to Edward Wallbank, for his Vincent Rapide with Steib sidecar. It was Paul Stirling’s first Kop and on his way…
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