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Pre-2000

VEE FOR VICTORY: DUCATI 750 GT

The date is 23 April, 1972, and we are at the Imola 200, billed as the Daytona of Europe. It’s the first major Formula 750 race held in Europe…
Pre-2000

FRENCH REVOLUTION: CLAUDE FIOR'S FINEST

Words HAMISH COOPER    Photography PHIL AYNSLEY The 1970s and 1980s were a period of great motorcycle innovation, often showcased in Grand Prix and endurance racing.
Pre-2000

DUKES OF WELLINGTON: HAND BUILT WORLD BEATERS

This is the story of Dallas Rankine and Dick Huurdeman and would become known as the Duke of Wellington. Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, has always been a…
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1989: WE RODE ALEX CRIVILLÉ'S JJ-COBAS TB5 125 RACER

At the age of 19 years and five months, Alex Crivillé (pronounced Cree-vee-lay, not Criv-ill) did more than just rewrite the history books by becoming the youngest-ever world champ…
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CRAZY BIKES OF THE 70s

Then enter the crazy bikes of the 70s. Ah, the excessive 1970s. Tie-dyed hippy shirts, 24-inch bell-bottom jeans, crocheted bikinis, hair everywhere, rock music hijacked by punks, cricketer…
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SUZUKI RG500: RG BARGY

In seven decades of Grand Prix racing there’s never been a premier-class GP bike like the Suzuki RG500. Quite a statement, but based entirely on fact. Factory…
Pre-2000

KAWASAKI DECLARES WAR: KAWASAKI Z1

Fate is fickle at the best of times but rarely so cruel than it was to Kawasaki in 1968. Poised to launch an all-new 750cc four-cylinder four-stroke machine, it…
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NEW WORLD ORDER: HONDA CB750

The year is 1969. It’s the year in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin land on the moon, and the Boeing 747, the world’s first jumbo jet,…
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THE GAME PLAYER: 2015 ARIEL ACE 1200 SPORT

It’s been six years since the return to the global marketplace for yet another historic Made in England marque: Ariel. The company’s history stretches right back to 1870, when…
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SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL

John Lennon once said, “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.” No other quote does more justice to…
Pre-2000

COURTNEY'S LOVE

Art Deco was an innovative and ultra-distinctive style of design, which spanned the boom times of the Roaring ’20s and the bust of the Depression-ridden 1930s. Derived from the…
Pre-2000

PORKY PINES - AJS E95 PORCUPINE REPLICA

I was strolling through the paddock at a small club event and did a double-take; what the hell was an E95 Porcupine doing there? Only four of these AJS…