Owning his childhood poster bike hasn’t disappointed our road test boss Chris

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The steep and winding drive up to the house is a series of hairpins but we’ve found that, if you judge the approach right, the Lancia Lambda will get round each of them in one. That’s no coincidence.

Finally giving in to a long-held desire, Mike goes on the hunt for an early Hinckley triple and amazes himself by finding a cheap Triumph Sprint 900 that’s actually rather good

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Jaguars have come into and gone from the Buckley fleet over the past 15 or 20 years, but I have not always reported on them, perhaps because they never felt as if they were going to be firm fixtures.