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    AFT Interceptor
    • Aug 10, 2020

    AFT Interceptor

    I really liked the Interceptor 650 (INT650) when I went on the international launch (see Sideburn 35). I chased former road race champion, Royal Enfield road tester and amateur flat tracker, Paul Young, around the Southern Californian valleys faster than I could've imagined on an Enfield (and he still got away). And the price... You can't get a brand new, middleweight twin for that price anywhere else. It was clear Royal Enfield knew their niche and were after market share wi
    Sportster Street Hooligan
    • May 13, 2020

    Sportster Street Hooligan

    Sideburn reader Mark Loughlin, sent details of his recently finished street-legal hooligan. I'm kinda new to this bike building stuff, other than some tinkering on my GN250 brat (see below at the Malle Mile), this is my first attempt at a build. I met Charlie Stockwell at Lydden Hill Bike Shed Festival last year and loved the look of his hooligans. After a follow-up chat with him at Warrs London in November I decided to build one myself. I didn't even have a donor bike at tha
    RiderMania MegaPost
    • Dec 31, 2019

    RiderMania MegaPost

    Back in November I was invited on a flying visit to Goa, India, for Royal Enfield's RiderMania owners meeting. I shuffled a few things around, got the shortest turnaround possible and started out on a 47-hour round trip. The big attraction for me was to ride the new Himalayan flat trackers. We had a feature lined up for SB39, which had just gone to print, focussing on the S&S Cycle prepared fleet of Himalayans, built with carbon fibre bodywork. I thought the bikes I was lined
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