PS mixed issue sampler - last updated Jul18

YOUR BIKES, YOUR WAY
Tony Edwards, it’s fair
to say, is obsessed with
Harris Magnums. He’d
never seen a Kettleengined
Magnum 2, so he
set about building one.
Two years (and thirty four
grand later) here it is
Words: Mark Graham Pictures: Jason Critchell
Tony has a thing about Harris
Magnums. Has done since he was
16. And it shows no sign of going
away. This is his third Magnum,
without a smidgeon of doubt his best to
date, and one to stand among the very best
of the genre. Plus, we think it’s the only one
packing two-stroke power.
These were, along with Moto Martins, the
special frame of the ’80s, although the first
Magnum appeared in 1973 when Seeley,
Rickman and Dresda were still the big
names in trick frames. The Magnum 2,
introduced in 1982, then became the
benchmark in bespoke tubing for big-inch
engines. Geometry, bending and brazing
was by Steve and Lester Harris, Anglo-
German firm Target Design (of Katana fame)
styled the bodywork.
Perimeter-style in Reynolds 531 tubing,
the engine became a stressed-member of
the chassis and most big four-strokes of the
time found their way into Magnum 2
frames; Z1000s, Suzuki GSX11s, Honda
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