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Bonhams at Stafford Show
A single-owner collection of almost 100 classic Japanese motorcycles, the majority of which are Hondas, will be offered for sale at the Bonhams auction during The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at the Staffordshire County Showground in Stafford, England, on Sunday, October 20…
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Miniatures on ACU test
In 1923 the ACU organised a special test of smaller capacity bikes which included a reliablity run from London to Brighton and back…
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October’s Classic Bike Guide on sale
Royal Enfield Continental GT test, Moto Guzzi Le Mans v Ducati 900SS, stunning Series A Vincent Rapide, ton-up specials, Classic TT, Velocette Venom guide, plus all the usual regulars and columnists. On sale now!
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Buying Guide: Kawasaki KH250B2
Kawasaki’s screaming triple two-strokes found a place in most bikers’ hearts. Adrenaline-fuelled power delivery and unsual handling was a recipe for many memories! Here we focus on the baby of the range – the 250…
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New look Classic Motorcycle Mechanics!
We’ve been busy bees here at CMM, conducting surveys and focus groups in a bid to find out what you want to see in CMM. The October issue will aim to show we’ve listened…
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Buying Guide: Kawasaki KH250B2
Kawasaki’s screaming triple two-strokes found a place in most bikers’ hearts. Adrenaline-fuelled power delivery and unsual handling was a recipe for many memories! Here we focus on the baby of the range – the 250…
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VMCC Chalfont St Giles hill climb
The VMCC Grass Track and Speedway Section rounded off the season last Sunday September 22 with the Autumn Chalfont Hill Climb. The section’s events are supported by riders of all ages…
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An evening with Jim Redman
Just had news in that the Westland Classic Motorcycle Club is organising an evening with six-times world champion Jim Redman on October 8 at the Manor Hotel, Yeovil, Somerset. Monies raised will go to local charities, so it’s for a good cause…
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New Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on sale!
Niall Mackenzie rides his restored Yamaha RD350LC and Stan Stephen’s reveals his best ever LC. Plus Honda CB900, Kawasaki KR250 showstopper, Yamaha YDS6 classic ride, Steve Parrish’s Yamaha FZ750, Triumph Speed Triple test and all the usual regulars and columnists…
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Steve Baker laps Isle of Man
1977 World Champion Steve Baker take a lap around the 2013 Isle of Man Classic TT. Full Version
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Workshop: Norton gearbox overhaul
We reveal the basic dismantling, repair and assembly procedure to the most common Norton gearbox…
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Workshop: Norton gearbox overhaul
We reveal the basic dismantling, repair and assembly procedure to the most common Norton gearbox…
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September Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on sale now!
Laverda 3CL Italian triple treat, Suzuki GS500E, Yamaha RD350LC tuning secrets and SRX400 showstopper, Triumph Trident future classic, Suzuki GS1000, Ducati 888 and much more. On sale now!
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The only was is Essex
Here’s a date for your diary, Saturday, September 28, location Gibson Exhausts. CMM and Gibson have teamed up to lay on a treat for you, for £10 you can give your pre-1998 motorcycle a dyno run…
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Royal Enfield’s retro cafe racer
Royal Enfield’s latest incarnation of its air-cooled, single-cylinder, four-stroke is the Continental GT – with an all-new rolling chassis, developed in conjunction with Harris Performance in Hertford, and a 535cc engine based on the previous 500cc electronic fuel injected motor…
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BMF’s Tailend, sprinkled with Stardust
BMF Show organiser The Mulberry Group has announced that this year’s Tailend Show will have some extra features and some very special guests over the weekend…
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BSA Gold Star charity run
Regular readers will no doubt remember our news piece in OBM a couple of issues back… in which we said how Dave Robinson, Pete Muxloe and Keith Beacroft called at OBM HQ here in Horncastle as they launched their End to End run to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK and Macmillan cancer Support…
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VMCC’s BHR meeting at Cadwell Park
Expect a big turnout for the last British Historic Racing meeting of 2013 at Cadwell Park, September 28-29, with all the riding ‘aces’ signed up for two days of racing at one of the best circuits in the country – for riders and spectators…
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Stafford hits the bullseye
Our show is 20 this year… and we can think of dozens (if not hundreds) of reasons why you ought to go and why we should be seeing you there in just a few weeks…
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Ace Cafe London bookazine
Think of black leather jackets, quiffs, sideburns and mods and rockers. BSAs v Triumphs and Nortons, jukeboxes blaring out. The Ace Cafe is at the heart of defining UK biking culture…
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Classic news
The Morini OC’s annual Cadwell Park track day, on July 26, was, once again, well supported, with a whole load of Morinis in attendance, as well as various other (mainly modern) machines, with a fair few there making a weekend of it, and riding at the next day’s Beezumph too…
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Road Test: MV Agustas
MV Agusta’s exotic sports bikes of the Seventies offered a glimpse into the technology of two decades earlier, and limited production made them even more exclusive and desirable. John Nutting tested a number of versions while at Motor Cycle. Here’s his verdict…
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Road Test: MV Agustas
MV Agusta’s exotic sports bikes of the Seventies offered a glimpse into the technology of two decades earlier, and limited production made them even more exclusive and desirable. John Nutting tested a number of versions while at Motor Cycle. Here’s his verdict…
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The way we were in October
Following the unveiling of a prototype lightweight, the 74.8cc overhead valve unit construction BSA Beagle last year, the factory has now further developed the machine…
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Bill Nilsson
We are sad to learn Swedish MX legend and twice world MX champion Bill Nilsson died on August 25 aged 80. Bill was the very first MX world champion in 1957…
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F2 Motorcycles branches out in Cambridgeshire
Old Bike Mart editor Tim Britton visits David Angel, guardian of F2 Motorcycles, who is stretching his wings in his new home…
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Road Test: Yamaha FS1-E test
The Yamaha FS1-E has become the iconic symbol of 70s teenage rebellion, but at the time it was never regarded as the best ‘ped’. Was it ever really that good? We ride a mint example and speculate…
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Straight from the plate: Sunbeam point-to-point, April 1953
In a dominant display Brian Stonebridge, on his Matchless singles, won both Junior (350cc) and Senior (500cc) classes, in what was described as a “decisive manner”
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Road Test: Yamaha FS1-E test
The Yamaha FS1-E has become the iconic symbol of 70s teenage rebellion, but at the time it was never regarded as the best ‘ped’. Was it ever really that good? We ride a mint example and speculate…
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The Classic MotorCycle on sale – October, 2013
Douglas Dragonfly, 1950s styling sensation, a grand day out at the original autojumble, BSA A10, Triumph 3T front fork rebuild, Royal Enfield’s capable Crusader, plus all the usual archive features and columnists. On sale now!
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Black chrome superbike exhausts are back!
Harris Works Collection (HWC) has reintroduced exhaust systems with a black chrome finish for classic Japanese superbikes of the 1970’s and 1980’s…
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An hour with Croz
Three decades on from his Grand Prix racing departure, Graeme Crosby took the time to talk to Classic Racer about one or two moments that have stuck with him ever since…
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CRMC at Donington
The Classic Racing Motorcycle Club’s Donington meeting, on August 9-11, was judged a great success, with a huge variety of machinery on display, parading and racing…
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Garage clear out gets underway as the eurojumble comes to Netley
Sheds and garages are being emptied, cars and vans are being loaded and motorcycle enthusiasts across the UK are getting ready to sniff out the bargains with one of Europe’s largest autojumble events now just days away…
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Old Bike Mart Unearthed – August 2013
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Old Bike Mart Unearthed – September 2013
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Castrol classic oil
Choosing the right oil for your bike is so much easier these days since Castrol’s reintroduction of its early grades specially formulated for today’s vintage, veteran and classic motorcycles…
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British Historic Racing Championships, Mallory Park August 25-26
Cracking weather and racing with thrilling wheel-to-wheel dices at the fifth round of the BHR series produced a weekend of record breaking and a clean sweep in the ‘BEARS’ races for Ben Kingham’s flying ‘Brick’– his BMW K100 – with a new lap record of 81.14mph…
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Road Test: AJS Model 18S
This immaculate AJS Model 18S has been in the same ownership since the early 60s – it’s a relationship that’s passed the test of time with flying colours…
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Bud Ekins profile
Californian Bud Ekins was that rarest of things – a jack-of-all-trades, but also a master of all of them. Desert racer, scrambler, long distance trials rider, dealer and stuntman, he was near the top of his profession whatever the motorcycling discipline…
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Road Test: AJS Model 18S
This immaculate AJS Model 18S has been in the same ownership since the early 60s – it’s a relationship that’s passed the test of time with flying colours…
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RealClassic 113 out now!
As usual, the monthly RealClassic magazine features a bunch of brilliant British bikes interspersed with international exotica – plus! the return of Graham and Daisy for one issue only. All this for just three quid. It’s a snip!
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Road Test: Sunbeam 3½hp
Sunbeam always had an image of being a machine for gentlemen – and this three-speed veteran single certainly fits the bill…
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Road Test: Sunbeam 3½hp
Sunbeam always had an image of being a machine for gentlemen – and this three-speed veteran single certainly fits the bill…
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Riding with the rockers
The 20th Annual Ace Cafe Reunion Weekend & Ride With The Rockers celebrates the unique history, culture and style of the Ace Cafe and takes place over three days of full throttle action on the weekend of September 13-15…
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September Classic Bike Guide on sale!
Bonneville bound Brits, rebuilding a lost Enfield Interceptor, the V-twins that took on Brough, Norton 650SS guide, Buddy Elmore’s Triumph, Tri-BSA special plus all the usual favourites. On sale now!
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Road Test: NSU Quick 50
Quick and Quickly puns apart, the NSU Quick 50, based on a proven design, became one of the forerunners of the renowned sports 50s of the 1970s, though the diminutive NSUs are now rare…
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Road Test: NSU Quick 50
Quick and Quickly puns apart, the NSU Quick 50, based on a proven design, became one of the forerunners of the renowned sports 50s of the 1970s, though the diminutive NSUs are now rare…
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Japanese bike collection to head Bonhams auction at Stafford
Private collection of 1950s to present day Japanese motorcycles to headline Bonhams Autumn Stafford sale at forthcoming Stafford show…
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Mike Ellis memorial run
Fancy a charity rideout around the North Cotswolds and Malvern Hills for a good charity cause? Watsonian sidecars has organised a run on September 22 in memory of its workshop manager, Mike Ellis, who died tragically in 2012…
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Indian Chief
From engineering brilliance to obsolesence, Richard Renstrom charts the rise and fall of Indian’s mighty v-twin Chief motorcycle…
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Bikers descend on Netley for 20th Eurojumble
It is now under two weeks away, and Classic Bike Shows’ 20th Carole Nash Eurojumble is set to be one of the busiest and best ever…
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Dunlop and Palmer win at MGP
Michael Dunlop won the Motorsport Merchandise Formula 1 Classic TT race, breaking lap and race records for the Classic class. The Northern Ireland rider shattered his old Formula 1 record of 118.186mph, which he set in the 2010 Manx Grand Prix. In the concurrent Formula 2 Class Chris Palmer took his second win of the…
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Help make centenary special
Did you compete in the ISDT or ISDE? If so, we want to hear from you… in fact, we want to see you!
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Honda CX500 cafe racer kit
This is the new Roadster kit for the Honda CX500 which includes frame conversion parts, leather-covered seat, glass fibre seat moulding, front mudguard moulding, exhaust downpipes, rear hugger, battery box, radiator cover, instrument housings, headlamp brackets and full instructions…
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Ultimate Streetbike series remembered!
The leathers might have been a bit tighter, and the hair a lot greyer but the bikes still looked and went as good as ever…
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Road Test: Aermacchi Ala Verde
This 250cc Aermacchi Ala Verde provides plenty of smiles, with a lively engine allied to a superb chassis, making it well-suited for the motorcycling many classic riders do. It’s a small price to pay for the lack of comfort…
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Road Test: Aermacchi Ala Verde
This 250cc Aermacchi Ala Verde provides plenty of smiles, with a lively engine allied to a superb chassis, making it well-suited for the motorcycling many classic riders do. It’s a small price to pay for the lack of comfort…
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More problems for McGuinness at Classic TT
The Morecambe man was first away yesterday evening, but he only got as far as Quarterbridge before retiring the Team Winfield Paton. McGuinness had already missed the previous evening’s session with a reported electrical problem…
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Vintage transport weekend
For more than 50 years, the Bluebell Railway has been a leading pioneer in transport preservation. In August, the railway holds an annual Vintage Transport Weekend. This year’s event took place near the beautifully-restored Horsted Keynes station, deep in the Sussex countryside…
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Workshop: Harley-Davidson Dyna Glide service
One of the great charms of the Harley-Davidson V-twin is its simplicity. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work on these bikes and day-to-day servicing should be easily within the abilities of the home mechanic…
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Buying Guide: Bike buying checklist
These are the steps to take if you’re buying a motorcycle. If you’re not mechanically minded or know a great deal about bikes, take a knowledgeable friend with you. It’s best to have done your ‘pricing’ homework before seeing the bike…
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Road Test: Sunbeam S8
Oh bliss. Oh joy. Oh sweet smiles of happiness! What a pleasant motorcycle this is. Can I ride it for a while or two? I can. Splendid. The Sunbeam S8 is as modern and as much fun as a decent game of croquet on a summer’s afternoon…
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Attention to detail
As the restoration movement has gathered pace and all sorts of bikes are being restored for all sorts of reasons, it can be easy to forget that the whole point of a motorcycle in the first place was transport…
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Workshop: Harley-Davidson Dyna Glide service
One of the great charms of the Harley-Davidson V-twin is its simplicity. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work on these bikes and day-to-day servicing should be easily within the abilities of the home mechanic…
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Buying Guide: Bike buying checklist
These are the steps to take if you’re buying a motorcycle. If you’re not mechanically minded or know a great deal about bikes, take a knowledgeable friend with you. It’s best to have done your ‘pricing’ homework before seeing the bike…
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New Hudson bar find!
Motorcycle electrical wizard Ferret was among many riders who turned up to support the VMCC’s International West Kent Run held earlier this month. He was riding a recently-acquired 1929 New Hudson Model 90 Semi Sport 600 side valve…
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Michael Sweeney dominates qualifying at Isle of Man
Ireland’s Michael Sweeney dominated qualifying at the 2013 Manx Grand Prix, posting the fastest time yesterday on his Junior machine but a number of challengers started to emerge including Northern Ireland’s Andy Lawson who clocked 116.875mph on the 750 Suzuki that he’ll ride in the Senior MGP…
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Reference: AJS G6
The 350cc ohv AJS is one of the iconic machines of the vintage era, famed for its light weight and sporty performance. James Robinson takes up the story…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha SRX400
We all love a bargain and this month’s offering neatly fits the bill even if it subsequently needed a little bit of internal surgical therapy…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster
Cycle World magazine once awarded the Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster the title of ‘Motorcycle most likely to be stolen’, which actually says more about the bike than about contemporary American society…
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Scott Russell wins the Suzuka 8 hours, 1993
Scott Russell was an old-school racer and 1993 was his best year. That season he not only won the Suzuka 8 Hours race with team-mate Aaron Slight on the Muzzy Kawasaki, but he also took the World Superbike title for the marque on the ZXR750, making him the only 750cc winner of the title on…
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Buying Guide: Yamaha SRX400
We all love a bargain and this month’s offering neatly fits the bill even if it subsequently needed a little bit of internal surgical therapy…
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster
Cycle World magazine once awarded the Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster the title of ‘Motorcycle most likely to be stolen’, which actually says more about the bike than about contemporary American society…
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Reference: AJS G6
The 350cc ohv AJS is one of the iconic machines of the vintage era, famed for its light weight and sporty performance. James Robinson takes up the story…
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Robbie Allan 1941- 2013
It is with regret we report the passing of Robbie Allan, on August 14, 2013, aged 72, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in January this year…
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Buying Guide: Buying a superbike
Ok, so most of us couldn’t even get close to what these things can do. But that’s not the point. In the late 1980s the superbike went crazy. Race tech leaped and bounded and cash-rich Japanese factories were happy to give us Suzuka 8-Hour-developed missiles to ride to work…
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Buying Guide: Buying a superbike
Ok, so most of us couldn’t even get close to what these things can do. But that’s not the point. In the late 1980s the superbike went crazy. Race tech leaped and bounded and cash-rich Japanese factories were happy to give us Suzuka 8-Hour-developed missiles to ride to work…
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European Sidecar Cross Championship, 1979
The opposition was definitely groggy as Swiss ace Robert Grogg, with Andreas Husser in the chair of their 920 Norton Wasp outfit, dominated the British round of the European Sidecar Cross Championship at Beenham Park, Berkshire in July 1979…
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Schwantz third at the Suzuka 8 Hours
The champion of the 1993 500cc GP, Kevin Schwantz, took third place at the 2013 Suzuka 8 Hours race held late July, at the tender age of 49…
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Manx Grand Prix gets underway
After a short delay moving marshals around the course, the 2013 Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling finally got underway yesterday evening. Conditions good with dry roads although riders were warned about low sunlight…
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Road Test: Triumph Metisse
The Triumph Métisse models developed for scrambling were streets ahead of the competition on the scrambles tracks of the world. But what are they like on the street asks Tim Britton?
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Road Test: Triumph Metisse
The Triumph Métisse models developed for scrambling were streets ahead of the competition on the scrambles tracks of the world. But what are they like on the street asks Tim Britton?
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Clocks turned back at Classic TT Paddock Carnival
The brand new Classic TT Paddock Carnival event has something for all the family with a jam-packed schedule of entertainment for people of all ages…
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Iconic engines: Inter Norton
Norton’s International overhead cam engine has been overshadowed slightly by the post Second World War Manx unit but, in various forms, was in the Norton range for much longer…
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Road Test: SOS DW
Super Onslow Special and So Obviously Superior were two suggestions what the ‘SOS’ badge stood for. Whatever the terminology, the bike was an appeal to discriminating riders, to try something different in the lightweight utility market…
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Road Test: SOS DW
Super Onslow Special and So Obviously Superior were two suggestions what the ‘SOS’ badge stood for. Whatever the terminology, the bike was an appeal to discriminating riders, to try something different in the lightweight utility market…
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The way we were in September 1938
Taking one of the largest stands at the coming London Show, Ariel will have on display its complete 11 model range, from the 249cc Red Hunter to the 1000cc Square Four…
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Stafford Mechanics show set to celebrate 20th year
It is THE place to be for a weekend of motorcycle sights, engine sounds and petrol smells, and once again one of the UK’s largest and most popular bike shows is gearing up for action as it prepares to celebrate a significant landmark…
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Classic Dirtbike issue 28 on sale!
Tasty, trick Triumph pre-65 winner on test, Suzuki RM, Monark, Montesa Cota and James Commando reviews, plus tech talk, latest news and all the usual regulars and columnists.On sale now!
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Road Test: Kawasaki GT550
It may have looked undramatic, but Kawasaki’s shaft-drive GT550 four proved to be a solid seller for around 20 years. John Nutting rode versions at the beginning and end of the run…
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Road Test: Kawasaki GT550
It may have looked undramatic, but Kawasaki’s shaft-drive GT550 four proved to be a solid seller for around 20 years. John Nutting rode versions at the beginning and end of the run…
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Sept/Oct Classic Racer on sale!
Donnie McLeod TZ350, Barry Sheene goes Dutch, Keith Huewen reflects, plus classic racing on the roads, Festival of 100 Bikes, Hailwood’s first comeback, Moreparts Ducati 750SS tested and all the usual regulars…
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Buying Guide: Velocette Thruxton guide
Velocette’s sporting single was the last bastion of the traditional thoroughbred single cylinder sports bike. Tim Britton takes a look at the Velo range, then hops aboard a Thruxton for a test…
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Road Test: Ariel NG De Luxe
Perhaps overshadowed by its more glamorous and sporty sibling, the Red Hunter, although the overall specification isn’t that different, Ariel’s NG is a practical and stylish 30s mount nonetheless. James Robinson tells the story of a special NG and even more special owner…
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Road Test: Ariel NG De Luxe
Perhaps overshadowed by its more glamorous and sporty sibling, the Red Hunter, although the overall specification isn’t that different, Ariel’s NG is a practical and stylish 30s mount nonetheless. James Robinson tells the story of a special NG and even more special owner…
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Buying Guide: Velocette Thruxton guide
Velocette’s sporting single was the last bastion of the traditional thoroughbred single cylinder sports bike. Tim Britton takes a look at the Velo range, then hops aboard a Thruxton for a test…
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Time to get down and dirty
This year’s International Dirt Bike Show promises to be the best yet, with major motocross, enduro, trail and trial manufacturers already signed up to unveil their latest off-road production machinery alongside a selection of jaw-dropping factory race bikes…
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IoM recruitment drive
The Isle of Man TT Marshals’ Association will be staging a recruitment drive on board the catamaran Manannan in the run-up to the Festival of Motorcycling, which gets underway on August 17th and incorporates five events, including the Classic TT and Manx Grand Prix…
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Davida backing for Lansdowne race series
Classic helmet manufacturer Davida has announced it will be supporting the Lansdowne Classic race series – a series dedicated to the sights and sounds of the 1950s and 60s GP scene…
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