May 2006
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Real Classic - May 2006

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Norton Dominator De-luxe: It was a chillingly brisk day when we took the photos of this Dommi 88. You can tell that because the owner is wearing and scarf and he's a bit blurry from shivering! Smashing, near-original bike, mind

* BSA B40: Ozboy reveals how he took a 350 Beesa in payment for a bad debt, and then spent lots of time and energy turning it into a working motorcycle
* Harley-Davidson VL1200: RichardM fancied getting a pre-1931 motorcycle for vintage runs, and a basket case flathead fell conveniently to hand
* Ducati 750 Sport: Ozboy meets a 1975 Italian bevel-driver which looks beautiful and which stirs the soul on every ride
* Laverda Endurance Racer: Dave Minton remembers riding a Mead and Tomkinson special; an intimidating beast with hub-centre steering, parallelogram rear end, and no real frame to speak of
* BSA Beagle vs Dunkley Whippet: two heroic failures go head to head, one built by the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer of the time, and the other built by a pram company!
* BSA B50: a real life bike which has been through several incarnations. It's now restored to full street scrambler glory, but once upon a time it looked a lot like a cafcerLI>Daisy's Diary: Graham Ham signs off (for nowwith a grand outing to join the Brough Club. Goodbye, Daisy - you can be a lady of leisure for a while!
* Down The Road: Steve Wilson comes over all miserable, but is saved from the glooms by a great ride on his Ariel NH
* Triumph 350 Rebuild: The can of worms get wrigglier as the rebuild progresses. Actually, it's nowhere near the rebuild stage just yet. More like the; 'oh heck! Lookitthat!' stage

PLUS:
Humbernut tells us How To make some piston rings, while PUB goes on the Dragon Rally, and Frank Westworth goes round and round the garden (not in the least little bit like a teddy-bear).





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