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Vic Eastwood
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Gregg Hansford
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Three wheeled advocate
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Sheene and Roberts do battle at Spa
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Three wheeled advocate
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Sheene and Roberts do battle at Spa
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The golden years of DMW
Well-built and innovative, the West Midlands-manufactured DMW motorcycles were among the most sought-after lightweights of their day, as these Mortons Archive photos show
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Conquering heroes on three wheels!
Nigel Darken tells the story of the ‘Tour de Lard’ – a madcap idea involving two motorcycle combinations and three very secondhand Reliant three-wheelers that raised no less than £27,000 for charity.
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Letter: Follow that coach – on a 88c James Comet!
The letter in OBM (June) about bike shop tours of Liverpool rekindled memories of 1958-59 and my first bikes as a 16-year-old apprentice mechanic on £3 per week.
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Unrestored 1966 Velocette Thruxton sold
An unrestored 1966 Velocette Thruxton was sold by H&H Classics at its Donington Park Auction on July 28, for £20,000, twice the pre-sale estimate, and a new world record for an unrestored bike of this type.
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Bluebell Railway vintage rally welcomes scores of classics
Long-established as a bastion of transport preservation, the Bluebell Railway in Sussex offers even more of the same on the occasion of its annual vintage weekend, which this year was on August 13-14.
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Ramsgate Rev-Up!
In spite of the spectacular success of the ‘Ramsgate Revival’ sprint last year, months of uncertainty led to the final abandonment of a repeat sprint demonstration this year.
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Top award at 100 Bikes goes to main attraction
Russel Taschner’s magnificent 1913 Clyno motorcycle, which was billed as the main attraction at the recent 1000 Bikes Show at Germiston High School, took the top award at the South African event too.
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Oozing with nostalgia – Mallory Park’s 60th birthday bonanza
Just too late to include in our last issue, but oozing with road racing nostalgia, the Mallory Bike Bonanza over the weekend of July 30/31 also celebrated 60 years of the famous Leicestershire circuit, and Old Bike Mart is indebted to Tony Page for these photos.
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Sun shines for Graham Walker Memorial
With an entry of 100 riders, this year’s Graham Walker Memorial Run around Beaulieu, Hants, on Sunday, August 7, was one of the best in the area to be organised by the Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club, writes Ian McGill.
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50th anniversary Founder’s Day does Taverners’ Section proud
Although the Vintage Motor Cycle Club was founded by 38 enthusiasts who assembled at the Lounge Cafe, Hog’s Back, Guildford, Surrey, C E ‘Titch’ Allen has become known as the ‘founder’ in recent years, writes Ian Kerr.
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NSU – pride of Neckarsulm
Rosie Canning tells the story of the NSU Owners’ Club, which becomes a new listing on our ‘Club Call’ page this month, and the many advantages that membership can bring.
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1961 Ulster Grand Prix – Bob McIntyre on the factory 350cc Bianchi twin
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Pete Sole
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1961 Ulster Grand Prix – Bob McIntyre on the factory 350cc Bianchi twin
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The Cunliffe Brough
At the Stalybridge Speed Trials, Jack Cunliffe launches his Brough-Superior
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Cafe society
The label ‘classic’ is applied to all sorts of things from music to architecture through films and furniture – the Gold Star is a motorcycle for which the word could have been invented.
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Ron Langston
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1968 Norton Commando
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Lake District
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Ron Langston
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1968 Norton Commando
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Lake District
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Watsonian Sidecar Rally
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Mike Hailwood at the 1965 TT
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Woodman’s cottage
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Watsonian Sidecar Rally
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Mike Hailwood at the 1965 TT
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Woodman’s cottage
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1971 BSA A65 Firebird Scrambler
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Stopped for a rest
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Max Duebel and Emil Hoemer head for sidecar victory in the 1965 TT
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1971 BSA A65 Firebird Scrambler
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Stopped for a rest
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Max Duebel and Emil Hoemer head for sidecar victory in the 1965 TT
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1983 Suzuki XN85 Turbo
Turbo or not a Turbo – Honda CX500 Turbo, Suzuki XN85 Turbo and a Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
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Mick Grant (Lee Commando) battling against Peter Butler (Seeley framed triple)
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BSA outfit
Spring sunshine highlights a picturesque setting for a BSA outfit in Chilham, Kent.
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1983 Suzuki XN85 Turbo
Turbo or not a Turbo – Honda CX500 Turbo, Suzuki XN85 Turbo and a Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
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Mick Grant (Lee Commando) battling against Peter Butler (Seeley framed triple)
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BSA outfit
Spring sunshine highlights a picturesque setting for a BSA outfit in Chilham, Kent.
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1983 Suzuki XN85 Turbo
Turbo or not a Turbo – Honda CX500 Turbo, Suzuki XN85 Turbo and a Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
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MV Four breaks cover
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Ray Pickrell an instant winner on the Jim Lee chassis manufactured for Paul Dunstall
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1983 Honda CX500T
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MV Four breaks cover
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Gatehouse
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Ray Pickrell an instant winner on the Jim Lee chassis manufactured for Paul Dunstall
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1983 Honda CX500T
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1983 Kawasaki GPZ750E
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A pair of Vincents
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Michael Grant aboard the Jim Lee Yamaha
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Stanley Woods and Geoff Duke
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1983 Kawasaki GPZ750E
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A pair of Vincents
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Michael Grant aboard the Jim Lee Yamaha
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Stanley Woods and Geoff Duke
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1926 London to Lands End Run
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BSA Bantam
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1939 Levis side valve
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Roger Marshall been chased by Barry Sheene
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1926 London to Lands End Run
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BSA Bantam
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1939 Levis side valve
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Roger Marshall been chased by Barry Sheene
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Causing interest
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Twenty-four hour Triton – Barcelona 1970
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Causing interest
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Twenty-four hour Triton – Barcelona 1970
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1914 Pope motorcycle
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1914 Pope motorcycle
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FRANK WESTWORTH ON POINTLESSNESS
It went like THIS: charge battery (I’ve done this before, see); check for fuel (always helps); free the clutch (it’s a Triumph), switch on and kick. There you have it, a simple routine for starting
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MILES AHEAD
EXCELLENT COLUMN in the June issue from Paul Miles. When her back was turned, I used to nick my better-half’s Harley Sportster at every opportunity. Yet I couldn’t part with my hard-earned dollars for one
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Are you retro-spective?
The more things change, the more they stay the same, so the saying goes. Which begs this month’s question: ‘are retro bikes good for our hobby?’ As in, should we applaud the pale imitations of
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Classic edge to British GP
Classic bikes and classic racers will again feature heavily in this year’s British MotoGP event. Double world champ and former Stafford Show special guest Graeme Crosby will be at the British MotoGP this September (1-4)
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Suzuki set for Stafford!
If you love Suzukis and are heading for the CMM Stafford Show this October, boy are you in for a treat. Over the weekend of October 15-16, the 23rd Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show
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1975 ISDT
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American Legends Star at Stafford
Four of the stars of the iconic Bruce Brown motorcycling movie from the Seventies, On Any Sunday, are to be guests of honour at the Carol Nash Classic Mechanics Show, held at Stafford County Showground,
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Endurance Legends 2017
Endurance Legends, held at Snetterton in October 2015, the UK’s first four-hour classic endurance race, the organisers have announced that it will return, bigger and better, at Donington Park in early May 2017, supported by
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Norton Festival salutes Lancashire biker Phil – still burning up the roads at 85 years young
This year’s Norton Owners’ Club Festival included a 30-mile ride around the New Forest area before converging on the Sammy Miller Museum, where more than 200 bikes had gathered by noon on Saturday, July 2.
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Winners all in 68th VMCC Banbury Run
Riding a 1903 Quadrant Banking Tricycle, Geoff Wheeler took the Len Wills Trophy for the best performance on a veteran machine at this year’s Vintage Motor Cycle Club Banbury Run on Sunday, June 19. Awards
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Sweltering success for Skipton’s record-breaking Big Bike Sunday
Records were broken during the Girder Fork & Classic Motorcycle Club’s 20th anniversary year when 1300 visitors – a big increase over last year’s 850 – supported the club’s Big Bike Sunday charity event at
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A Norton Navigator’s tale – the rescuer rescued
Les Orme tells how, many years after the event, he managed to return the favour to a Norton Navigator that had rescued him from a breakdown crisis in France. My motorcycling days started in 1959,
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VMCC section embraces the Roaring Twenties
The East Sussex section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club presented a fine selection of machinery at a Roaring Twenties Day in Bexhill-on-Sea recently, with motorcycles around the VMCC stand including a period 1925 James,
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Royal Bath and West Showgroung, Shepton Mallett, February 2011, Honda CB750
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BSA Bushman
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BSA Bushman
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