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First Ride! BSA Gold Star 650
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After a brief ride taking in some tight town action and some wider open alpine-style twisties, the newly reintroduced BSA Gold Star 650 has impressed. It’s comfortable, surprisingly agile and has enough poke from its free-revving (and surprisingly smooth) single cylinder engine for the kind of relaxed riding its designed for. That said, it’s plenty…
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Herald confirms production-ready Brute 500
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The ‘first British designed, engineered and manufactured motorcycle’ from Cambridgeshire-based Herald Motor Company is now on sale. Herald has gone from strength to strength over the past few years since its inception in 2012, as it continues to turn out an extensive range of retro-styled 125cc, 250cc and 400cc motorcycles that hark back to the…
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New colours, and names, for Triumph’s modern classics range
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For model year 2023 Triumph have announced new colour options for the entire Bonneville range, building on the great success of last year’s Gold Line Editions, which responded to customer requests for brighter, more distinctive, and more elegant colour options across the legendary Modern Classics line-up. These new colours come hand-in-hand with a change of…
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A RECORD BREAKING EVENT FOR THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE 2022
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On May 22nd, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride took place all over the world, breaking all fundraising records from the previous events. After two years of social distancing and solo riding, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride took place worldwide in its pre-covid format, breaking all previous editions’ fundraising records. On Sunday 5th June, when the fundraising closed,…
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Norton: £100m investment received
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Indian automotive giant TVS Motors has just invested £100 million in Norton Motorcycles. TVS bought the Norton brand back in April 2020, following its collapse at the hands of previous owner Stuart Garner. And things have been looking up since, with Norton opening a brand spanking new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Solihull, which shows just…
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Fun! life on a Ducati single-cylinder scrambler
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“A joyous backroad or urban tool” says James Robinson… read more: Sometimes, when one climbs aboard a motorcycle, one knows it’s going to be just right. That was the feeling I had when Colin Jansen left me to play with his 350cc Ducati Scrambler. I knew I was going to have a ball. When I…
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Cost-effective Classics: BSA A65
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Background Before most of us were born bikes had run separate gearboxes and engines. Yes, that sounds crazy now, but the arrangement was a carry-over from the veteran era. The set up was a pain to adjust as it involved faffing around with two chains – primary and drive. It was also costly to produce…
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THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE
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Sunday May 22 Since the 2012 inaugural ride the DGR has raised an amazing $31.6 MILLION in support of the “Movember” foundation, raising awareness of Prostate Cancer and Mental Health charities. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (affectionately known as the DGR) runs this year on Sunday 22nd May. It is, simply, a mass ride-out for classic,…
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DELAYED: BSA UPDATE ON GOLD STAR 650
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The brand-new Gold Star 650 from the resurgent BSA factory was supposed to be in dealers this month – but alas, there’s no sign of it just yet. What’s the score?Following the news that Indian automotive giant Mahindra was preparing to reintroduce the iconic brand into Britain, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the chance to finally…
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Seriously Special Bikes For Sale at Stafford!
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There’s going to be some seriously special machinery going under the hammer at the Bonhams Spring Sale as part of the International Classic Bike Show, which takes place from April 22-23 at the Staffordshire County Showground. The big news is that there’s going to be two Brough Superior SS100s available: namely a 1929 996cc SS100…
