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Triumph: from Coventry bicycles to the Bonneville and the Hinckley restart

The history of Triumph in one page: the 1937 Speed Twin, the Bonneville of 1959, the move to unit construction in 1963, the Meriden co-operative, and...

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BSA: the Gold Star, the A65 and the rise and fall of a giant

BSA grew out of a Birmingham gun maker, became the largest motorcycle producer in the world at its peak, and collapsed within two decades. The models...

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Norton: the Manx, the Featherbed frame and the Commando

Norton earned its name on the racetrack and kept it with a frame that became a benchmark. The key models from 1898 to the Commando, and what to know a...

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Vincent: the Black Shadow, the Black Lightning and why provenance is everything

Vincent built a small number of very fast V-twins until 1955, and the Black Shadow became a legend. The facts behind the legend, and why authenticity...

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Royal Enfield: the Bullet that never stopped and a brand with two homes

Royal Enfield started in Redditch in England and carried on in Chennai in India. The Bullet design dates from 1932 and is still built, which makes dat...

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Honda: the Super Cub, the CB750 and the birth of the superbike

Honda made two of the most important motorcycles of the twentieth century: the Super Cub of 1958 and the CB750 of 1969. What they changed, and what a...

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Kawasaki: the Z1, the "New York Steak" and the fastest bike of 1973

When Honda launched the CB750, Kawasaki held back its own four and made it bigger. The result was the 903 cc Z1 of 1972. What it was, why it matters,...

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Suzuki: from a loom works to the water-cooled GT750 and the GS and GSX-R

Suzuki began with looms in 1909, built its first motorised bicycle in 1952 and went on to some of the most interesting Japanese classics: the water-co...

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Yamaha: from pianos and organs to the YA-1, the XS-1 and the RD350

Yamaha Motor was spun off in 1955 from a musical-instrument maker, started with a copy of a German two-stroke and went on to the twins that British ri...

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Harley-Davidson: Knucklehead, Panhead, Shovelhead and the engines that name the eras

Harley-Davidson classics are known by their engines. A short guide to the Knucklehead, Panhead, Shovelhead and Sportster, the AMF years, and the Itali...

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Indian: the Scout, the Chief and a brand that ended in 1953 and came back

Indian was America's other great motorcycle make. Founded in 1901, famous for the Scout and the Chief, bankrupt in 1953 and revived under new owners....

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Aermacchi: the aircraft maker from Varese, its racing success and the Harley-Davidson years

Aermacchi made motorcycles after the war, won world championships with the same engine design and built small bikes for Harley-Davidson. A short histo...

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BMW motorcycles: the boxer twin, shaft drive and the R32 of 1923

BMW built its first motorcycle in 1923 with a flat-twin engine and shaft drive, and kept the formula for a century. The milestones from the R32 to the...

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Ducati: from radio parts to the desmodromic valve and the 750 SuperSport

Ducati began making radio components in Bologna in 1926 and became the home of the desmodromic valve. The milestones from the Cucciolo engine to the 7...

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Moto Guzzi: the eagle of Mandello, the transverse V-twin and the Le Mans

Moto Guzzi has built motorcycles in Mandello del Lario since 1921, and its transverse V-twin is one of the most recognisable engines in motorcycling....

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MV Agusta: 38 riders' titles, the 750S and a name that came back

MV Agusta was a Grand Prix giant from the 1950s to 1976 and built exotic four-cylinder roadsters. The history from 1945 to the revival of the 1990s, a...

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Laverda: tractors, the 750 SF and the 3C triple that became the Jota

Laverda grew out of an agricultural engine business in Breganze in 1873, built a 75 cc motorcycle in 1949 and became one of Italy's great large-capaci...

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Benelli: six brothers from Pesaro, the 750 Sei and a brand with many owners

Benelli was founded in Pesaro in 1911 by a mother and her six sons, built the first six-cylinder road motorcycle in 1974, and passed through De Tomaso...

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