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This month’s magazine is an Ariel extravaganza, telling the tale of the Square Four from its prewar OHC origins through to the Healey 1000. Oh, and there’s heaps of other classic bikes in this issue, too. Order a copy here…

ARIEL SQUARE FOUR, Part One
In three years, engineer Simon Holyfield encounters trials, tribulations and triumphs in returning his jigsaw puzzle Square Four to the road. Before getting to grips with the mechanical bits, he reviews the model’s long development and the famous names involved with its history

BMW R65 REBUILD, Part Two
Last month, Dave Simmons started to tidy up his previously cheap and cheerful 650 twin. Now he can procrastinate no longer and must get to grips with the engine internals

HEALEY 1000/4
While in 1970 BSA were busy building the Ariel 3, the Healey brothers and their co-conspirators plotted an entirely more exciting Ariel offshoot. Nolan Woodbury was more than a little amazed to find a very special kind of Ariel Square Four in his backyard

1914 INDIAN SINGLE
This extremely rare survivor has been in one family since 1960 and returned to the road last year. Henry Gregson makes its acquaintance, while Rowena Hoseason explores the Hendee Company’s history and their remarkable technical innovations

NORTON UNIFIED TWIN, Part One
From time to time, tales surface concerning the great What-Ifs of the old industry. One such is the story of the unit-construction Norton heavy twin. Richard Negus has recently completed an exhaustive engine rebuild of that very motor, and this is the inside story…

ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET
RC regular Nick Adams normally takes to the frozen wastelands of northern Canada on two wheels. For a little variety he came to the UK this year instead, and subjected an Enfield 500 to some challenging terrain

ROYAL ENFIELD CONSTELLATION, Part Four
Stephen Herbert secured a 700cc superbike, ripe for restoration. The engine and ancillaries are sorted. So what’s it going to look like?

TIGER CUB TRIALS
Forty years ago, John Wood bought a cheap Tiger Cub to go trials riding. He’s been fixing it (and falling off it) ever since. We follow its evolution over the decades

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE
The last of the traditional T140 twins were built in Devon. Frank Westworth reacquaints himself with the Harris-built Bonnie, and rings the changes between this final 750 and the Meriden machines

PLUS! Daisy the Triumph Speed Twin and Graham Ham, reach Scotland in their epic exploration of sheds and the men who inhabit them; Dave Minton and Jacqueline Bickerstaff attend a couple of auctions and muse on values and prices (and dragons), and Frank Westworth’s Matchless G80 project takes to the byways for a shake-down run. All that and letters, small ads and more!

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