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Hitting dealers in the spring, Moto Guzzi’s Le Mans was an unlikely superbike – but a huge hit. Here’s how to buy a corker

In the 1970s and ’80s, budget bikes from behind the Iron Curtain made ideal commuter bikes for the Western proletariat. Eastern European racers made their mark too

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Chris Smith bought his first Lotus, an Elise S, in 1996, when he was 23. “It was my only car and people said I was crazy,” he recalls. “But every journey was great fun. I had it for seven years.” He’d