The Classic Motorcycle november 1984

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Editorial - The gods of the printed page?

Bandit in the Hills - With Charles E. Godden exploring the Welsh marches on the never-produced BSA/Triumph 350cc double-ohc twin.

Reader's Letters - So much to say, on such a wide variety of subjects . . .

1,000 Bikes a€ or were there? Tim Holmes wasn't counting; but Brands Hatch was a marvellous day out, anyway.

South-West Notes - Why didn't we share the budget's tax concessions?, asks Jeff Clew.

That Grand Old BSA Recollections of a faithful family outfit.

A Matter of Choice - Rasselas advises on the right bike or the right magazine - for you.

Two-wheel Drive - Bill Hayward's famous Baughan trials outfit, the bike that was banned for being too successful.

London Run - Goodbye, Piccadilly; farewell, Leicester Square!

July Jaunt - A glance back at the ACU National Rally of 1936.

Founder's Day - A pictorial survey of the great Stanford Hall gathering.

Amanda's Choice - Just a little 98cc James Comet, but all her own work!

Dot-Bradshaw - Tim Holmes charts the restoration of a Manchester-built 'oil boiler'.

On The Four Winds - Bringing you all the news and gossip of the month.

Past Times - Letting a few more skeletons out of the closet!

Once Around the Pyramids - In which Alan R. Johnson tells of Don-R work in the Middle East.

Tour of Birmingham - Jim Davies points his camera at a popular VMCC event.

You Were Asking - Bob Currie presides over our regular Problems Corner.

A Bash Round Mallory - And this time it is Bob Currie who operates the shutter.

Wheelin' 'n' Dealin' - Mike Worthington-Williams prepares for his marathon Belle Vue auction stint.

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Editorial - Swansea's ideas of age-related numbers are way off the mark.

Alias Silver Streak - Possibly the best of the pre-war Austin-powered Bitsas resurfaces - but as a vee-twin.

Readers' Letters - In which you put your own points of view.

Scottish capers - Don Morley turns his camera on the "Oldtimers' Scottish One Day", a trial with a difference.

The Museum Takes Shape - Bang on target for an October, opening, the National Motorcycle Museum buildings are rising fast.

South-West Notes - And Jeff Clew acquires a Triumph-powered Greeves.

Good Boy, Rover! - David Wright recalls an unusual unit-construction three-fifty.

A Swallow Tale - Young Bill Lyons liked he look of the sidecar his neighbour had built. Story by Dick Platt.

On The Heath - Phil reflects on the origin of Birmingham's once-famous Motordrome.

Flying Visit - A fascinating glimpse of how they used to get the TT-issue magazines to the Island.

Rally and Show - Some of the early-summer events as captured by the camera.

Hoghton Tower an "Aero" visits a unique first-of-the-season sprint.

Flying Fish - How Sammy Miller constructed a working replica of the famous RayAmm Norton kneeler, described by Jeff Clew.

It Didn't Win The Maudes, But.. - The restoration of a 1952 BSA Star Twin which could have been (but wasn't) picked for the Big Event!

MV Agusta Memories - David Dixon dives into his archives.

Brooklands and After - Patrick Click tells the intriguing story of Ted Iffland: Part One, the Ajay (AJS) which beat the works jobs.

First Kneeler - Bob Currie looks at the most monstrous sidecar outfit ever built.

Rasselas - And this time our tame stirrer is disturbed by the Japanese-based "Instant Classic" trend.

On The Four Winds - Our monthly round-up of news and gossip from all around, Vintage Page - David Davies with the latest from the VMCC world.

You Were Asking? - With Bob Currie in his usual role of "Agony Aunt".

Nineteen Eighty-Four - But New Zealand prefers to call it The Year of the Velocette.

Matchless in Shetland - Proving that the restoration bug can bite deep, wherever you may be. Story by Dave Diamond.

Wheelin' 'n' Dealin' - Mike Worthington-Williams with his survey of the auction world - and prices go through the roof at the Bill Fruin sale.

Full-face Anonymity - We want to see the riders in the Personality Parades, says Phil Heath.

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