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Back in 1998, Dave Minton met a very special 750 flat-tracker. The triple was rebuilt from a wreck that had been abandoned in the Mojave desert. It certainly gave Dave the ride of a lifetime, although he still complains about the -- lack of -- saddle to this day!
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They used to say that the ultimate cure for a B25 was a quick trip to a canal -- how cruel! Arthur Langman proved them wrong. He bought his 1971 B25SS from a breaker, after it had been retrieved from such a waterway -- and dried out, of course. Well, mostly...
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Renovating a 1955 BSA B33
Restoring a family heirloom is a daunting task, especially if the heirloom is a B33 which spent a decade wrapped up in a plastic paddling pool. Read how Andrew J Davies rose to the challenge as his restoration tale unfolds...
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Adrian Hughes always wanted a café racer so he built one from scratch, hoping for a cheap, fast-finish project. Well, at least part of the plan worked
My B44 was built entirely from bits and pieces which were purchased from various sources around the country. I have always wanted a café racer, so I set off to build what I hoped would be a low cost, very quick turn-around bike.
Coventry teamsters Nigel Boocock and John Harrhy gave the new BSA 499cc engine a real pounding during a hundred lap try-out, and it came through totaly unscathed.