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Bianchi MT 61 army motorcycle

Modern army motorcycles are usually slightly more compressed, not too heavy all-roads in a green jacket. They are even available in diesel versions. The motorcycles during WWII were usually very recognizable civilians on 'our' side who were called into arms. They were quite often single-cylinder four-stroke side-valve engines, because they linked reliability to simplicity. On the German side, designers were often carried away by their 'advantage through technology' genes. That led to impressive and complicated machines like the BMW R75 and so on. And as it turned out: You don't win a war with that.
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Triumph Trophy TR25W. BSA's revenge

In the late 1960s, the concept of the adventure motorcycle had not yet been invented. So if you wanted to play in the sand with a motorcycle you had to choose from the 'Scramblers' that were on sale at the time, like something from Honda's CL range. These were really not serious off-roaders, but street machines with a high exhaust and cross handlebars.

BSA Spitfire. Fast, unreliable and sought after

The BSA Spitfire was the fastest BSA motorcycle and was produced from 1966 to 1968 with MkII, MkIII and MkIV model designations. Announced at the Brighton Motorcycle Show in September 1965, the dynamic novice was based on the earlier BSA Lightning with a power upgrade achieved through the most classic tuning.
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Addresses. Thanks to Gerrit

We recently placed a call for 'addresses' to be reported. Addresses where there are still people who do not supply cheap Chinese imitation choke levers (be careful: they break) or exhaust manifold sets (they do not fit). Addresses where they simply 'still have stuff' and know what they…

BSA B33

The BSA B33 and the knees

A BSA B33 is the example. But the story is about the knees of the declining generation of owners of B33s and similar motorcycles. Because to start a British 500 cc single-cylinder, you need quite a bit of pedal power...

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A BSA 65 Lightning

I was in my early twenties, a member of the TOCN, had one Triumph T150V, was madly in love with a smart and beautiful young lady and bought an almost equally beautiful BSA A65 Lightning for 1850 guilders. Gathering…