The Harley Davidson that wasn't
Is this a Harley Davidson? Well, yes; but not as you know it. Having seen the Brit bike business laid low by what management consultants...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 17, 2021
- 1 min
It's just wind
You can’t talk about motorcycle aerodynamics without mentioning Moto Guzzi’s wind tunnel. Contrary to popular belief Guzzi weren’t the...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
MV gives Ago Wings
This was in Benzina issue 5, for a story on how MV Agusta fought long and hard to keep the two-strokes at bay, culminating in a 500cc...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Creg Ny Waaahhh - Ago's TZ350
My Instagram video reminded me how excited some were when the Yamaha RD350LC arrived: a “TZ or the road” they said. They were wrong and...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
I'm the one you can afford
Can’t afford a Seventies Superbike like the previously featured MV 750S? Or even a nice Ducati bevel twin? The how about the Moto Guzzi...
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Greg Pullen
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Free eBook of Benzina
Issue 10 of Benzina features a Guzzi Dondolino, the Moriniday in the Po valley and the new Rebello, Lino Tonti's Linto 500, Ducati's...
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Greg Pullen
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
History books in
This is one of the very first MV Agusta fours, a 1951 4C aka the 500 Bialbero Corsa. Although designed, like the original Rodine and...
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Greg Pullen
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
The first ton up TT
This is Michael Dunlop at the 2017 Classic TT about to a the parade lap to mark 60 years since Bob McIntyre set the first 100mph lap of...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Power is nothing without control
This is Nello Pagani at the start of the 1949 Ulster Grand Prix, courtesy TT Race Pics and available as a poster and much else. The...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
An 80bhp 500 in 1939? Hard to Swallow
This is the original Gilera Quattro, the 1939 version developed from the 1936 OPRA four that Giuseppe Gilera bought from Count ...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Rise of the Fours
If V-twins are so wonderful, why is it that (mostly) inline fours rule the roost? This picture (courtesy A Herl Inc) is a 1928 OPRA 500...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Simply the Best: Part Two
I photographed this Britten at a Ducati club meeting at Assen a few years ago. Rino Caracchi – the C in NCR – had come especially to...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
3 magic numbers - 916
Almost my favourite V-twin – an early Ducati 916 Strada. Hard to believe the impact it had at launch. My brother and I went to the ...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
The most expensive motorcycle in the world
More than six decades ago, the Vincent Black Shadow delivered the most performance from a street-legal vehicle that money could buy — on...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Brough Superior SS100 - the ultimate V-twin?
The definitive British –perhaps all time - V-twin is arguably the Brough Superior SS100, seen here at speed by regular record breaker...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 9, 2021
- 1 min
The World's fastest (1920) Indian
This is Gene Walker, who set the first officially sanctioned Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) record in 1920, when rode...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
When Harley built sports bikes
Almost impossible to believe now, but Harley Davidson was once a sports bike marque. As well as board track racers such as this they...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
V for Victory - and pretty much most motorcycle manufacturers
This is one of the first ever V-twin motorcycles, the Curtiss Hercules which went on sale in 1902, with deliveries commencing the...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
The fastest man on earth - Glenn Curtiss hits 136mph in 1907
Before achieving fame with aircraft, Glenn Curtiss started with motorcycles, setting a world record with this 4 litre V8. The early...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
The V8 that couldn't wait
The Morbidelli V8 is probably one of the most unfairly maligned motorcycles in history. When launched in 1994 the original Pininfarina...
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