Retro Classic
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Cost-effective classics: Kawasaki Z650
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Possibly the best VFM classic Japanese four you can buy! Steve Cooper takes a look… Classic, old-school, air-cooled multis don’t come more attainable than the Z650. Essentially a second generation Japanese four, it has similar performance to Honda’s seminal CB750/4 but with reduced mass… and cost! Background Kawasaki’s move into air-cooled fours occurred late 1972…
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Ridden: Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
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Royal Enfield has added a cruiser to its wildly successful 650 twins range – and Alan Cathcart has been out to India to ride it. The Super Meteor 650 is available in two versions targeting different slices of the middleweight cruiser market – and they’re both powered by the same proven 648cc parallel-twin engine, which…
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QUICK SPIN: The BSA Gold Star
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BSA is back. Despite the 50s and 60s glory days (one in four bikes was a BSA) a trading deficit of £3 million was recorded in 1971. BSA closed for good in 1973. Bob Pickett takes a look at the new Gold Star… When the Mahindra Group purchased the company there could be no other…
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Norton announces major expansion of UK dealer network
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Norton Motorcycles has launched its flagship retail location, the Norton Atelier, at the Bike Shed in Old Street, London – Visitors to the Norton Atelier can view and buy Norton’s motorcycle line-up as well as browse the brand’s newly launched apparel collection – Five further sales partnerships with established dealerships have also been announced including: Krazy Horse London, P&H Motorcycles,…
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Test ride a Norton – from your house
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Norton’s new service aims to make it a doddle to test ride the new Commandos. Here’s how: The resurgent British firm has just announced a cool new service which offers the chance to get a brand-new £16,499 Commando 961 Sport or £16,999 Commando Café Racer straight to your door for a test ride. Since being…
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Golden Oldie – BSA Gold Star 650 Test Ride
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After a nearly 40-year hiatus, one of the most important names in British motorcycling kickstarted its revival with a new version of its most celebrated model: the Gold Star. To put it through its paces properly, we took the chance to ride it at the top-secret Millbrook Proving Ground across its extensive cross-section of test…
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Sensible, Super Sport sensation! – Honda CB550 Four
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Steve finds himself falling under this Honda CB550 Four’s spell… is he about to shed his tag of two-stroke lover?
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SPY SHOTS! Royal Enfield 450 Roadster
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Another month and another set of spy shots of a new Royal Enfield. This time they’re of a roadster powered by a new water-cooled 450cc engine. Leaked images of a previously unseen roadster suggest that Royal Enfield could be gearing up to launch a range of bikes built around its new water-cooled 450cc motor. The…
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NEW BIKES! Honda CL500
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Honda’s a bit late to the ‘60s-styled retro scrambler’ party. But there’s definitely something sweet about this new CL500. It’s an homage to the firm’s CL72 and CL77 of the early 60s, which took the basic 250 and 305 CB/Dream engines and put them in a mildly tweaked off-road chassis. The 2023 CL500 does the…
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Fantic Caballero 700 Scrambler
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Yamaha-powered retro has plenty of appeal! The Caballero has been a big hitter for Fantic in recent years, so it should come as no surprise that it’s decided now’s the time to reveal a new, more powerful version for 2023. And with a Yamaha engine, Brembo brakes and Marzocchi springs, it looks like it’s going…
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