…door for a no-holds-barred melee to determine our year-end Best of Awards. Our British correspondent and Memorable Motorcycles contributor, Frank Melling, misses the Best Of voting carnage, but it doesn?t keep him from vociferous lobbying for Bike of the Year. Strangely enough, Melling?s Bike of the…

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…-regulation proportions. After a day of murky investigation, we decided to chat with our British buddy and Memorable Motorcycles contributor, Frank Melling, who was more than happy to enlighten us on the EU motorcycle license conundrum.Reduced down to the gist, the EU tiered licensing limits riders under…

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…the town centre factories. I'm proud to say that MCUSA is the only motorcycling publication I have ever seen making this incredibly important link. Melling has immersed himself in everything motorcycles as long as he can remember, and has dabbled in as many disciplines as possible, including plenty of…

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The BSA?B.40 may be remembered by some with rose-tinted glasses, but Melling's recollections are far less appreciative of the British design.It must be something to do with age. When I was a young man, I was so much more tolerant of incompetence. If politicians made huge mistakes - and British…

…performance and it is easy to see why, even with the huge advantage of AMC's well-established dealer network behind it, the bike was a sales flop.Melling said the 250cc single-cylinder engine vibrated harshly and its power curve was 'flat and unexciting.'The bike was also out of date in every respect…

…singers strum their guitars: you just know that there is no-where else this could be but the Thundersprint in Northwich town centre.Organizer Frank Melling was a happy man at the end of this year's record breaking event. "We'll never know exactly how many spectators packed into Northwich but Vale Royal…

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Ex-Eric Oliver c.1949 Norton 596cc Manx Racing Motorcycle CombinationBonhams will recall the glory days of motorcycle sidecar combinations with an offering of no fewer than three historic examples at the International Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford on 26th April. The sidecars are: Eric…

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A small corner of the Cooper Brother's motorcycle collection that has been sealed away for more than three decades.Manx Norton to moped: Ariel to Zundapp ? Collection Hidden Away For Three Decades Emerges From The Cobwebs To Sell At Auction With No Reserve. The Cooper Collection of motorcycles…

Our favorite Brit Frank Melling got to throw a leg over the 1907 Norton that won the first Isle of Man TT and experience first-hand Rem Fowler's exuberance from winning the inaugural race aboard the motorcycle.Sometimes, the sense of privilege at writing for MotorcycleUSA strikes home hard. In front…

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Our European correspondent Frank Melling reminisces about Soichiro Honda's CB92 and how its influence helped shape the future of the Honda corporation.There are three ways of looking at the Honda CB92. The first and most popular view of the little Honda today is that it is a motorcycling icon: one of…

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