Throwback Thursday

The words ‘genius’ and tragedy’ are often overstated, but it is beyond question that John Britten was an engineering genius, and that his death from skin cancer in September 1995, …
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Britain’s 1970s short circuit racing scene saw fans enthralled by the no-prisoners warfare in the 501-1000cc Unlimited class races between a huge variety of different motorcycles. How can we forget …
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Brough Superior, founded in 1919, was the so-called Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles, the manufacturer of the world’s fastest, most desirable and exclusive motorcycles in the pre-WW2 era. Just days after the …
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Brough Superior are known for their pre-WW2 record breaking bikes. Back in 2013, I took a very special Brough Superior to the Bonneville Salt Flats in search of a record. …
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It’s exactly 30 years since Kawasaki won Superbike’s World crown for the first time, courtesy of American Scott Russell, the cool-dude Georgian rider once memorably described as ‘so laid back, …
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Dave Ward, the owner of this 1980 Ducati Pantah 500 race bike, is the proprietor of Moto Italia workshop. Moto Italia specialise in all things Italian – from servicing to …
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MotoBi, born out of a family dispute between the Benelli brothers before being absolved by the Benelli brand and brought to success in racing at the hands of Primo Zanzani. …
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Even by the standards of Italy’s etceterini array of little-known marques back in the 1950s, MotoBi is an obscure subplot to the ongoing soap opera that the ever-changing panorama of …
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Massimo Laverda had a finger on the pulse of the motorcycle market, leading other companies in making bikes people wanted to buy. We dive into Laverda’s 3C 1000 triple – …
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Future 500GP World Champion Marco Lucchinelli began racing internationally on the Laverda 3C 1000 at just 20 years old in 1975 – an arrangement that happened almost by accident… Laverda …
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