Road Tests

1915 Henderson Model E During the early part of 1911, two automotive events of enduring significance occurred on opposite sides […]

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1930 BSA B30-4 Living close to the North Devon Coast, Mike Dixon knows something about close-knit communities. The 53-year old […]

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Velocette LE-Valiant Special Owner and builder Ian Munro admits that when people learn he’s fitted a Velocette LE engine into […]

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1982 Hesketh V1000 Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, the third Baron Hesketh, inherited a fortune at an early age and spent it […]

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Many have dreamt of building their perfect motorcycle. Triton, NorBSA, TriBSA, Norvin, Grumph, Tri–Greeves, Honton and many others have been […]

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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 […]

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1954 Francis-Barnett Falcon I was still hauling this charming little Franny Bee onto its stand, in readiness for the static […]

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1959 Norton Model 50 Years ago, I was about to buy a Featherbed-framed Norton Model 50 just like this one, […]

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1977 Moto Guzzi S3 ‘Like a Lear jet parked alongside a Boeing 747’ was the way journalist Mike Nicks described […]

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1964 Velocette LE MKIII The LE Velocette was such an oddball that it’s a sitting target for criticism. It weighed […]

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