FF articles in print.

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FF magazine articles in print.

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Magazine
Date
Article Title Bike / Article Details Author
Superbike
6/77
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's a Quasar Quasar prototype test Mike Scott
Bike
6/77
Tomorrow's Motorcycle Quasar Prototype test Royce Creasey
Bike
8/78
Two Wheels and a Roof Quasar on the Island Royce Creasey
Bike
8/79
High Tech FF design #1 - Introduction Royce Creasey
Bike
9/79
High Tech FF design #2 - Concept Royce Creasey
Superbike
10/79
Quasar Jaunt End to end by Quasar Mike Scott
Bike
10/79
High Tech FF design #3 - Riding position Royce Creasey
Bike
11/79
High Tech FF design #4 - Steering system Royce Creasey
Bike
12/79
High Tech FF design #5 - Rear suspension Royce Creasey
Bike
1/80
High Tech FF design #6 - Chassis Royce Creasey
Bike
2/80
High Tech FF design #7 - Power train Royce Creasey
Bike
3/80
High Tech FF design #8 - Bodywork + artist
impression
Royce Creasey
Bike
4/80
High Tech FF design #9 - Gearbox Royce Creasey
Bike
5/81
Radical Bikes Rule Difazio/Creasey CX 500 (Flying Banana) John Smith (aka Tim Holmes)
Motorcycle Sport
5/81
Colour Quasar Advertisement Colour Quasar Advertisement
Bike
9/81
Some People 'Into the mire - feet first' Difazio/Creasey CX 500 on the island
(Cartoons by Hunt Emerson)
Royce Creasey
SuperBike
10/81
Kymera 'The Z1300 grows down' Newell's first(?) Z1300 FF road test and
technical details
Mike Scott
SuperBike
11/82
Alternative systems Pics and details of 'Different ways of
building motorcycles'

Motorcycle Sport
2/83
The Small Crusaders Feet Forward Motorcycles and their main
proponents
Dave Minton
Motorcycle Sport
3/83
Hunting Dogmas Comprasion test of CX500 Turbo +
Difazio/Creasey CX 500
Dave Minton
SuperBike
1/84
Futurerap 'Beyond 1984' John Reed's wild prototype rear-engined
FF
Mike Scott
SuperBike
4/84
Reedbike Designs Results from a design competition for
Futurebike
Tony Middlehurst
Classic Mechanics
6/84
This is not a Velocette Venom FF Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Sport
7/84
The Flying Banana Ffing Off to the Bol Paul Blezard
Bike
11/84
Best Foot Forward Z1300 Quasar Brecon Quaddy
Motorcycle Sport
1/85
Ffazed by the Bol Quasar crashing trip Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
5/85
F-F-Flashback Life with the Flying Banana Paul Blezard
Classic Mechanics
6/85
Who is responsible for all this? BSA FF Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Sport
7/85
Le Mans, La Manche et L'Eleffante Blanche - By FF Journey to the Le Mans race + FF details Paul Blezard
Classic Mechanics
9/85
Royce Rolls High Techati rolls Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
11/85
Ffing at Bristol Ffers gathering Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
11/85
FF revolution will never come The FF Argument (anti) Brian Thompson
Classic Mechanics
12/85
Making a Special philosophy behind creating a special -1 Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Sport
12/85
Editorial - The FF Argument The FF Argument (pro) Ian Kew
Motorcycle Sport
1/86
High Techati Royce Creasey's Ducati FF Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
2/86
Bol Folies FF outing to Paul Ricard by BSAFF & Quasar Paul Blezard
Classic Mechanics
2/86
Building a Special philosophy behind creating a special -2 Royce Creasey
Classic Mechanics
2/86
Mr Lawson's FF 1948 FF - reprint from The Motor Cycle
4/11/1948

Motorcycle Sport
2/86
Unbeliever tries and FF Did he change his mind? (No!) Brian Thompson
Motorcycle Sport
3/86
Putting Brian straight FF history + terminology Ian Kew
Superbike
3/86
Archive '79 'Journey of the Quasar' Reprint of End to End journey (great
colour centre page pic of Quasar)
Mike Scott
Classic Mechanics
4/86
Making a Special philosophy behind creating a special -3 Royce Creasey
SuperBike
8/86
Finals Conflict 'The future by degrees' College design studies. Tony Foale
SuperBike
9/86
Best Feet Forward 'An Unbiased view of
FF Motorcycles
A motorcycle designer/engineer view of
FF design and use
Tony Foale
Motorcycle Sport
10/86
Ffame at last FFs on the news Paul Blezard
SuperBike
11/86
Middleweight Spread Comparison test including VT500 Phasar (
subs about VF750 Quasar & Phasars)
Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
12/86
FF TT week FFing on the Isle of Man Paul Blezard
SuperBike
12/86
The absolute Bol larks Journey to the Bol d'Or by THS LC350 Phasar Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
2/87
Steaming Mango Tales of the Gold Wing Phasar Andy Tribble
Motorcycle Sport
5/87
Banana Republic What ever happened to the Flying Banana? Paul Blezard
Classic Mechanics
6/87
Obtaining Castings Creating the casting for the Voyager
engine - gearbox
Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Sport
6/87
Newell's SEV Z1300 Phasar + Chris Baker (also cover
photograph)
Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Sport
11/87
FFs at the BCBS and BMFR FF events + a spin in the Wing Phasar Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
12/87
The German FF BMW design study Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
1/88
Down under FF Building a CX500 FF in New Zealand Colin McDowell
British Bike Mechanics
3/88
Looking Askance Four wheeled motorbikes? Royce Creasey
British Bike Mechanics
5/88
Looking Askance FF Transit? Royce Creasey
British Bike Mechanics
6/88
Looking Askance Electric vehicles Royce Creasey
British Bike Mechanics
7/88
Looking Askance Sorting the Voyager Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Sport
1/89
Swiss Missile Oekomobil Paul Blezard
Bike
12/89
FF - Fantastic Voyager Voyager launch and test Tim Thompson
Motorcycle Sport
1/90
FFs on Top Gear FF gathering for the TV cameras Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
2/90
Ultimate FF Prototype Voyager test Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
2/90
Voyager for sale Production Voyager test PUB
Bike
2/90
Skinnin' the cat 'BMW K1 v Voyager' Voyager + BMW weekend journey /
comparison test
Phil West
Motorcycle Sport
3/90
Ffing in Boronia Heights Australian FF Ken Butler
Motorcycle Sport
5/90
Forward thinking from Honda The CN250 Roger Bean
Motorcycle Sport
11/90
Voyager GT Trying the Voyager Roger Woods
Motorcycle Sport
6/91
The Future Motorcycle The Philippe Le Roux VDI Speech Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
8/91
The Japanese FF CN 250 Honda Helix & other FF info Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
8/94
Father of the Quasar Tribute to Malcolm Newell -1 Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
9/94
Feet first and quick with it Malcolm Newell and his fascinating FFs -2 Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
10/94
Malcolm Newell's exploits Derring-do on Quasars and Phasars - 3 Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
1/95
Whatever Happened? Review of Royce Creasey's Book Paul Blezard
Motorcycle Sport
8/95
003 Reborn Voyager developments…. Royce Creasey