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Triumph’s tripl es aregreat bike s. They must be
because everyone says so.Frank Westworth
awokesome oldmemories withaday outon
aTAJSPROTOTYPEFOUR ...................................
TheJapanese invented the 4-cylinder
roadster,right?Wrong,Alan Cathcartreports
on aseriously heroic Brit machine...HONDACB400F..............................................
Afte rriding British bikesforhalfacentury,
JamesFrench recently did the unthinkable...
and boughtaHonda.How?Why? Andishe
happywith this momentous decision?TRIUMPHTIGER CUB......................................
What’s themost romanticwedding present
youcan think of?YouthoughtofaTiger Cub
straightaway... didn ’t yo u? HenryGregson
meetsaloving couple who shareanextra-
specialTriumph tiddlerBAR-NONE ENFIELD .......................................
As regularreaders willknow,our ownOdgie is
something ofaspeedwaystar.This month he
investigateshow the armedforc es developed
the sportduringWW2, and then uncovers an
Enfield WD single,set up andready to race...BSA STAR ........................................................
In the1930s,BSA developed their EmpireStar
500 single into theSilver Star,and then the
ultimate Goldie .Int he 1960s,Joe Gray recalls
doing much the same...NORTONATLAS..... .........................................
When it wasnew,Norton’s750 twin wasa
credible challengerforthe super-heavyweight
title.This tired oldexample had goneto
seed...soPaul Henshawbecame its personal
trainer and put it through its pacesLAVERDA500..................................................
Although it’s oftenovershadowedby
Laverd a’stremendous triple,thefirm’s
500 twin-cylinder powerplantexemplifies
engineeringexcellen ce.Sosays Roger Slater,
and he shouldknow!This example needed
some TLCtoreturntotip-topcondit ion...ARIEL HUNTMASTER......................................
Abrief historyoftime.RobertDavies tellsatale
about therestoration ofaHuntmastertwinTHE CONTENTSPAGE..... ............................ 3
Allsorts!From aunique 4-potAJS, viaaWW
speedway star ,aLaverda500 andaNorton
Atlas,all thewaytothe best BSA single of
them all (possibly...). Oh, andaHonda and a
Trident, too...WE’VE GOTMAIL! ...................................... 14
Some greatletters here. It’s impossibleto
receivetoo manyletters.Wewantmoreletters.
Be kind to us...EVENTS..... ................................................. 62
As wefinish this issue therain is lashing against
the window, themighty Atlantic is frothing and
foaming,and we’replanning anotherride.Been a
greatyear forrides so farREADERS’FREE ADS .................................. 64
Whathas happened?There’saload ofbike sin
therethis time.Somecorkers,too.Hmmm...OLLIE’SODDJOBS...................................... 98
Thestreetbikeversio nofBSA’s 250 sports single
doesn’t have an entirely unblemishedreputation,
but the standardStarfire isn’t quitequirky enough
forour intrepidexplorerof ec centricmotor cycles.
Entertheflea-bitten lion andaspandexleotard!PUBTALK ................................................. 102
It has beenadisastrous day/week/monthfor
PUB,but afinal success forAJS Mary and the
Rex-Acme Villiers...TALES FROMTHE SHED........................... 108
Frank picks up the spanners onceagain.Then
throwsthem down again.This is becoming a
habit.Soheran awayandwenttovisit
TheReader inaremarkable café...RCREGULARS
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