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TWO motorcycles which battled it out in the sales charts throughout the early 1970s are going head to head once again - this time in the auction room. A Norton and a Honda are included in the Charterhouse specialist auction of classic can vintage motorcycles in June at the Haynes International Motor Museum. “The market for classic motorcycles continues to get stronger, with interest particularly in motorcycles from the 1970s,” said George Beale. “It will be quite interesting to se...

TWO motorcycles which battled it out in the sales charts throughout the early 1970s are going head to head once again - this time in the auction…

TWO motorcycles which battled it out in the sales charts throughout the early 1970s are going head to head once again - this time in the auction room. A Norton and a Honda are included in the Charterhouse specialist auction of classic can vintage motorcycles in June at the Haynes International Motor Museum. “The market for classic motorcycles continues to get stronger, with interest particularly in motorcycles from the 1970s,” said George Beale. “It will be quite interesting to se...

“Perhaps the most odd one was funding $2,000 yearly to the Waikato Museum. “While that’s not a lot now that was a lot back then and the last project you would expect a motorcycle club to fund.” Weeks said the unusual partnership blossomed when he became club president in the 1970s. MARK TAYLOR/Stuff The club’s contribution helped purchase artworks like New Zealand artist Robin White’s painting of Sam Hunt. He was the organiser of The Founders Theatre Circuit Charity Road Races o...

Adventure Rider Looks like someone drew some inspiration from Jesse James Here’s a question: Is it better to have a classic bike that’s more-or-less in stock condition, or one that’s been customized? It’s a fair question, as many surviving vintage bikes have some manner of modification, although most aren’t tweaked to the extent of this 1974 BMW R90S, for sale at an upcoming Barret-Jackson auction. It’s an all-time classic machine, although the customization may scare some buyers aw...

1 articles The Honda leading links like the C90 are adequate for the style of bikes they were mostly used on, but because they depend on the fairly small axle to brace them against twist they would not be very good for anything with sporting pretensions. We had a Honda Benley 150 in the family once, I was keeping it going for my brother in law to ride. It wasnt a young bike then, being a 61 model in use during the mid seventies. It had a very comfy ride, and good anti dive geometry, which was a...

This essay is part of a series on cultural, scientific and esoteric matters. Jim Allison is an iconoclastic scientist who toiled in obscurity for years. Then he helped crack a mystery that may save millions of lives: Why doesn’t the immune system attack cancer? Chance favors the prepared mind. —Louis Pasteur This material was first published by WIRED magazine on 10.22.2018 ADAPTED FROM THE book The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer,  JAMES ALLISON LOOKS like a cro...

Side Glances: Reflections on 1499 Monrovia Peter Egan © LUCY HEWETT Sports cars, camaraderie, and Newport Beach sunsets. When my wife, Barbara, and I moved back to Wisconsin in 1990, after 10 years in California, the Mayflower estimator looked around our home and gave us some advice.“You have a lot of books and a whole wall of magazines,” she said, “and they are very heavy. I would get rid of those you don’t want and then ship the rest by parcel post. It’ll actually...

The Honda 750F2 that replaced the commando which no one in Edinburgh or Glasgow wanted took me to West Berlin in the winter of 1975 travelling through East Germany, other UK personal were forced to use the train to take their bikes. West Berlin was an amazing bikers world, big Germans on small 50cc Italian motorbikes were a sight to seen. The Honda was driven all year round and went on to do 120,000 with only tyres, oil filters and plugs replaced, I must admit that one thing did go wrong, the...

Norton 961 Commando To Be Made In Limited Numbers Norton 961 Commando To Be Made In Limited Numbers Interim CEO of Norton Motorcycles has said that those who paid deposits for the Norton 961 Commando will be able to get their bikes. 0  Views Highlights TVS Motor Company acquired Norton in April 2020 for 16 million GBP Norton Atlas 650 Ranger & Nomad confirmed for 2021 British brand Norton Motorcycles, which got a new lease of life after TVS Motor Company bought it in April 2020, looks ...