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Workshop: Vincent valve overhaul

21st December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Vincent valve gear overhaul (pdf) My associations with Vincent engines have taught me several things. There seem to be more working parts in a Vincent than any other bike rye ever seen inside. The design

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BMW Boxer engine build

21st December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

BMW Boxer engine rebuild (pdf) Our first job was to clean the parts prior to reassembly. Well over 100,000 miles of use had left its mark. Oil and grime virtually obscured the original alloy crankcase,

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Moto Guzzi V50

20th December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Moto Guzzi V50 restoration (pdf) For my money, Italian motorcycles have always embodied the essential purist design ingredients of a fine chassis housing a fine engine. In fact, when it comes to what motorcycling is

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Road Test: Harley-Davidson XR1000

16th December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Harley-Davidson XR1000 Special The Harley spat out one final sulky puff of smoke as I switched off the ignition and drew a deep breath. "You know, Dennis," I said reflectively. "That really is one truly

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Laverda 1000

8th December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Laverda Jota (pdf) When the fastest of modern sports bikes are capable of nudging 200mph flat out – with brave testers equally capable of pushing them to their limits – it might sound absurd to

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Workshop: BSA A50/A65 service notes

8th December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

BSA A50/A65 overhaul service notes (pdf) Introduced in 1961 for the 1962 season, the A50 and A65 unit twins, with their egg-shaped engines of 500 and 650cc were called, unkindly by some, Unit Destruction! But

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Workshop: BSA fork overhaul

6th December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

BSA A10 and A65 fork overhaul pdf The BSA front forks were basically robust, reliable and obviously helped with the good handling characteristics that most lit SAs possessed. From experience gained in owning several different

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Honda CB750

1st December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Honda CB 750 For years motorcyclists in the UK have been told that such-and-such a machine would be too expensive to produce, or too difficult. The old arguments that usually begin with "Who wants a

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Yamaha 350 YR5

1st December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Yamaha 350 YR5 I must confess that when we picked up the YR5 Yamaha, we weren't quite sure how it would behave. Because of Yamaha's racing development, there was a tendency to expect a really

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Kawasaki 350 S2

1st December 2011 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Kawasaki 350 How do you judge a machine? By the way it goes or how it looks, or what? No matter what it is you're looking for, at some stage you will have to compare

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