November 2004

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Classic Bike Guide

Your guide to buying, running and owning a classic bike. Broad minded with a practical twist.

NOVEMBERS UP FRONT
- Editor Tim's introduction - OF Politics, Speed Limits and Lord Russel.
FLAT TRACK FLYER
- This is what you should be aiming for if you want a Brit bike that goes, Tim Britton talks turkey with Bruce Parrott.
FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD
- The old safety commercials used to say ?get ahead, get a hat.? Davida have lots of them, Steven Myatt finds out just how they do it.
PUSSY FOOTING AROUND
- Sleek, sensuous, lithe, proud - all words that describe nature?s Panther, but not all apply to Myatt - the bike?s nice though.
SIMPlY SINGLE
- No, not Keith Fryer, but the Model 18 he?s tested for us.
KELLY?S EYE
- And just what is it focused on this month? Have a look and see.
ROD THROUGH THE CASES
- Rod likens the economy to a motorcycle. Why? I don?t know, he wrote it.
BIFFA?S BASEMENT
- Britton continues to wreak havoc on the poor innocent little Triumph that has been a faithful companion for donkey?s years. We all hurt the one we love, so it is said.
WE WERE THERE
- Oh yes we, well Uncle Jim at least, were all over the place actually. From party animal to highland fling, he doesn?t half get about.
YOUR CLASSIC
- Ha! This is the easy bit, we sit back with a beer and watch you do the work. Oh, OK, you can earn a few sovs for the restoration fund as well.
RUNNING A RUN-ABOUT
- Jim Reynolds takes a canter in the countryside with the lower end of the BSA capacity range.
SHOCK TACTICS
- Introduced at Motorcyclorama 67, Norton?s Commando wowed the public with a hasty mock-up. Peter Dobson gets hold of a 60s flyer.
PLUGS AND LEADS
- This is it. The news pages - yes, if you want others to know about it tell us, we?ll put it here. If we don?t know then we can?t - simple.
WE WERE THERE, AS WELL
- Biffa heads north to Beamish, Fryer heads south to Brighton. Is nowhere safe? Probably not, hang on though, we ain?t been east or west for a while.
CLOTHING SPECIAL
- Denim jeans go with Brit bikes like butter goes with bread. Tim Britton visits a firm earning their bread and butter with denim jeans.
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