The Classic MotorCycle

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Through Great Britain and the continent • In 1909, American pair Doctor A M Webster and Billy Chadeayne shipped their motorcycles to Europe, for an extended tour.

NEWS IN BRIEF

News & Events

Book Review

THE WAY WE WERE IN AUGUST

Readers’ Letters • YOUR VOICE & YOUR OPINIONS

THIS MONTH’S STAR LETTER WINS

Brilliant brew • Take a big, beefy British engine and wrap around it a super stylish and effective Italian chassis and topnotch component and the result is, predictably, rather fabulous.

FINER DETAILS

They’re Hall you need • Now in his 90th year, lifelong enthusiast Ernie Hall has spent most of his life involved in motorcycling, supported all the way by his wife of 63 years, Joan.

New purpose • Originally supplied as a ‘Dairyman’s combination’ outfit, this Royal Enfield V-twin has been remodelled as a ‘sports solo’.

Eggcentric Etceterini • This 250cc pushrod four-stroke single, developed from a humble roadster, resulted in a 135mph Historic GP challenger. Just don’t mention ‘Aermacchi…’

Unexpected delight • Despite its slightly unpromising origins and it being a case of ‘rebadging’, actually this baby BSA proves worthy of the proud old name.

FINER DETAILS BSA Beaver

SAMMY MILLER MUSEUM

Store Cupboard Special • The end of the road is nearing for the Velocette born in lockdown.

Bradshaw’s motorcycles • Granville Bradshaw’s advanced ABC 3hp stunned the motorcycle world with its sophistication. Unfortunately, its path into production was sloppy and unredeemable. The Skootamota of the same period should have fared better but for the ‘interesting’ business and private life of its maker’s MD.

A brief chat with... …Ben Butterworth • Old motorcycles are the preserve of older riders… but do they have to be?

URAL and DNEPR 650 TWINS

Cam lore • With nothing more involved to do than sourcing a later cam and purchasing an electronic ignition kit,there were high hopes for some progress…

Keeping things in order • Having an organised plan of how things need to be done, and in what order, leads to an harmonious end. Mostly.

LAURENCE HARTLEY'S LEGACY

Give me air • Cylinder head design and therefore engine performance has always been about the movement of air.

You were asking • Your queries resolved with Richard Rosenthal

In the workshop - heavy metal

Diary

Alloy there • Many make parts by casting, machining, bending, forging or other methods from metal we call aluminium, but the reality is that we are usually using an aluminium alloy, rather than pure aluminium. Part one examines casting alloys.

Dick Mann (1934-2021)

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