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Motorcycle couriers atop new Douglases, delivering press photographs and doing it in style. Words: Adam Rear Photograph: MORTONS MEDIA ARCHIVE […]

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From September 1959, a royal experience of motorcycling. Photograph:MORTONS ARCHIVE Prince Michael of Kent, then aged 17, poses on a […]

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Flywheel magnetos can be a boon – but they also reduce sane adults to tears. While poor set-up and condition […]

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Your queries resolved with Richard Rosenthal Vale-Onslow scrambles barrel and Herman Meier While clearing a late uncle’s workshop and sheds […]

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Your queries resolved with Richard Rosenthal Setting the record straight You may recall some years ago a correspondence about the […]

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As progress continues, it’s apparent there are different ways to measure things and some misplaced components make a reappearance. Words: […]

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Everybody’s favourite and a wonderful rider, Mrs Louie McLean is no longer with us. When the trials rider who rose […]

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Unlike comic book superheroes with questionable outfits for their alter egos, when Dave Smith dons a waxed cotton jacket he […]

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Many enthusiasts have built attractive ‘specials’ using motorcycle components from various sources, while a similar number have failed, making dangerous, […]

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As hoards of TT fans make the mass exodus off the Isle of Man after this year’s races, a 250cc […]

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