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Classic Bike Guide - October 2015

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008 BEEZUMPH!
It’s described as a rally, but it’s
a whole lot more than that

012 SUBS PAGE
Take time to subscribe. Everyone’s
a winner, or so they say

014 SOME NEWS
Great new riding gear (the irony),
shiny new lights, tricky fuel stuff
and even more. Remarkable.

022 KAWASAKI Z900
To be more exact, as we try to be,
we should call this a KZ900, which is
accurate but pointlessly so. Maybe

028 VELOCETTE VENOM
Loved by many, feared by more, this
is a remarkable relic of days gone by

034 NORTON COMMANDO
A café chameleon if there ever was

040 BSA M20
This bike won the war. How?
We’re entirely unsure

046 HONDA DESERT SLED
Take a fairly lumpen twin and
transform it into something special

050 LETTERS
More please; we’ll make even
more space next month. We
tried this time but…

054 GEORGE COHEN
A remarkable encounter with the
Hose Doctor saves the day…

056 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
The dread ‘D’ word, and a
different view of life

058 MARK WILLIAMS
“Travel broadens the mind, even a mind
addled by an aulde byke addiction…”

060 TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN
Mostly a Speed Twin. Certainly
a Triumph, also a triumph

068 DUCATI DARMAH
Handsome, blue, very Italian.
Posed with a jet fighter (true)

076 OVER TRITON
Possibly some kind of ultimate
trad Brit special. ‘Over’ has
a different meaning here

087 CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE
An unreliable glimpse into the
British motorcycle marketplace

102 MODEL STUDY
Suzuki’s fabled GT750. The
radical kettle unveiled, unmasked,
something like that

112 READER ADS
Lots. Lots. Lots

128 INFORMATION
SUPERHIGHWAY

All knowledge is here. Or
some of it. Possibly

130 CLUBBING
A long list of old bike clubs,
and a focus on the mighty
MZ riders’ club. Not owners,
riders. There is a difference

137 LOUISE LIMB
Painting up a storm with a
quotation from Rita

138 FRANK WESTWORTH
At the back of the class, as usual





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