Features

Salon Privé

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd November 2020

While the world of ultra-expensive cars costing more than the gross domestic product of a small nation is well out […]
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Motorcycles – the end of an era at Ellesmere Street

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Sam Hewitt

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21st October 2020

An association with Manchester spanning over 100 years will come to an end this September when Dot Motorcycles Ltd ceases […]
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At your service: Fastenings firm that’s holding together well

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Sam Hewitt

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14th October 2020

Mick Payne brings some sound advice about keeping your bike in one piece as he revisits stainless steel nut and […]
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A Norton Navigator’s tale – the rescuer rescued

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Sam Hewitt

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7th October 2020

Les Orme tells how, many years after the event, he managed to return the favour to a Norton Navigator that […]
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From unexpected funeral guests toparking ticket mayhem in Belfast

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Sam Hewitt

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29th September 2020

Ted Bemand concludes the report on his National Autocycle and Cyclemotor Club branch’s foray into Northern Ireland. Patrick McAlister became […]
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Never built – the 500cc V-twin Morini sports that everyone really wanted

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd September 2020

With quality, performance and excellent design apparent in every detail, the 350cc Morini V-twins bore comparison with any Japanese motorcycle […]
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Another brilliant Banbury Run – and it’sstill the biggest and best in the world!

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Sam Hewitt

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8th September 2020

Almost 500 riders took part in the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s 68th Banbury Run, open only to VMCC members on […]
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The long-running Watsonian Palma range

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Sam Hewitt

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1st September 2020

Mick Payne looks back at the long history of the Watsonian Squire Palma range of sidecars, which were innovative at […]
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Testing, testing! How the bike journos of old saw the Squariels

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Sam Hewitt

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24th August 2020

The uncanny flexibility of the Ariel Square Fours, from the 497cc and 597cc ‘cammies’ to the final pushrod-operated 997cc Mk. […]
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Made in Japan: Good try, Ducati – but sushi and pasta just didn’t mix!

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Sam Hewitt

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17th August 2020

Steve Cooper strays from the Japanese path once more as he examines the reasons why Ducati’s controversial ultra-short-stroke parallel twins […]
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